Lack of internet access still the biggest obstacle to successful online learning, says NAHT
Today (Fri 12 Feb) the Education Endowment Foundation has published an evaluation of the National Online Tuition Pilot aimed to support disadvantaged pupils by providing fully subsidised tuition during the summer of 2020...
Friday, 12 February 2021 00:01
Greens call for greater ambition on environmental taxes in response to NAO report
Responding to today’s National Audit Office report [Friday 12 February] on environmental tax measures, Green Party finance spokesperson Molly Scott Cato said...
Friday, 12 February 2021 00:01
Prospect: Chancellor urged to strike new settlement for self-employed in Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to use his Budget on 3rd March to give greater security to self-employed workers and prevent a possible ‘exodus’ from self-employment in the wake of the Covid pandemic...
Friday, 12 February 2021 00:01
Over £42 million to extend projects for children with SEND
Projects worth over £42 million to help raise educational standards, improve services and provide practical support to disadvantaged families...
Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:45
Extract from today's oral questions in the Commons on Touring Musicians: Reciprocal Visa-free Travel
Extract from oral questions in the House of Commons today to ministers for the Cabinet Office...
Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:59
Extracts from today's oral questions in the Commons on UK-EU trade
Extracts from oral questions in the House of Commons today to ministers for the Cabinet Office...
Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:48
New partnership pledges clear and consistent evidence-based guidance on medicines for pregnant and breastfeeding women
The Consortium brings together 16 leading organisations, spanning the NHS, regulators, and leading third sector and charitable organisations...
Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:35
Scottish Government: Support for freelancers and the events sector - Additional COVID-19 funding
A further £17.5 million of emergency coronavirus (COVID-19) funding has been allocated to support creative freelancers and the events sector...
Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:08
Hydrogen 'no silver bullet', warn Scottish Greens
Scottish Government plans for a ‘hydrogen economy’ shows an over reliance on the fossil fuel sector and technologies that haven’t been developed yet to provide an emergency response to the climate crisis, the Scottish Greens have warned...
Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:07
Government to introduce tougher measures and enforcement rules for quarantined passengers (update)
Tough new enforcement measures – from fixed penalty notices to imprisonment – will come into force on Monday 15 February....
Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:06