London bus drivers ‘once again in eye of coronavirus storm’ need vaccine and protection priority, says UNITE
Commenting on Transport for London (TfL) figures that 57 staff, including 42 bus drivers, have died from coronavirus...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:11
Keep early years safe and funded – joint call by NEU and UNISON
Two unions representing workers in early years, including the vast majority of support staff, are today (Tuesday) calling on government to protect and properly fund the sector...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:10
ASCL comment on extra laptops
Commenting on the government’s announcement of extra laptops to support disadvantaged pupils to learn at home, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:26
"Give health and social care workers proper PPE or thousands will die unnecessarily," GMB tells Health Secretary
GMB has written to the Health Secretary to demand all NHS and social care workers are given access to full PPE to prevent more unnecessary deaths...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:04
Labour demands urgent fixes to the furlough scheme
Labour demands urgent fixes to the furlough scheme as Chancellor ignores excluded again...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:03
Government telling nurseries to stay open at high capacity or close forever, says Labour
With new government data showing that attendance in early years settings was down by 50 per cent last week...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:59
UK Government announces business measures over Xinjiang human rights abuses
Today the Foreign Secretary has announced a package of measures to help ensure that British organisations, whether public or private sector, are not complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in Xinjiang...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:06
Lucy Powell comments on British Retail Consortium 2020 figures
Lucy Powell MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, commenting on new British Retail Consortium figures showing that 2020 was the worst year on record for retail sales growth, said...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:05
DfE attendance statistics
The Department for Education has published its latest attendance stats...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:03
Hundreds of thousands more laptops to support disadvantaged children learning at home
The government has today announced a further 300,000 laptops and tablets to help disadvantaged children and young people learn at home...
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 12:58