NEU comments on Elitist Britain – Sutton Trust/Social Mobility Commission report
Commenting on Elitist Britain 2019, a report from the Sutton Trust and Social Mobility Commission which looks at the educational background of over 5,000 of Britain’s leading and “influential” people...
Tuesday, 25 June 2019 00:01
Labour: Old boys' network still holding back talented and hard-working people from working-class backgrounds
Responding to the Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission’s Elitist Britain 2019, showing that Britain’s most influential people are over five times more likely to have been to a fee-paying school...
Tuesday, 25 June 2019 00:01
ASCL comment on ‘Elitist Britain’
Commenting on ‘Elitist Britain 2019’, the new report by the Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Tuesday, 25 June 2019 00:01
Over 8,000 young people with SEND are ‘awaiting provision’ for a school place says NEU research
The National Education Union has found that as of January 2019, 8,587 children and young people with SEND are currently classed as ‘awaiting provision’ for a school place, and have no access to any type of educational provision at all...
Tuesday, 25 June 2019 00:01
PM launches new drive to tackle barriers faced by disabled people
Injustices faced by disabled people in the workplace, at home and in the community will be tackled head-on through a new package of measures ordered by the Prime Minister...
Monday, 24 June 2019 22:30
PM statement on June EU Council
Mr Speaker, before I turn to the European Council, I am sure the whole House will join me in sending our very best wishes to the former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott...
Monday, 24 June 2019 16:41
Commonly-prescribed drugs could increase risk of dementia, says new study - Alzheimer's Society comment
New research suggests that regular use of certain types of commonly-prescribed drugs used to treat bladder conditions, Parkinson’s disease and depression...
Monday, 24 June 2019 16:00
Anticholinergic drugs linked to increased dementia risk
Researchers in the UK have found that long-term use of certain strong anticholinergic drugs could increase dementia risk by nearly 50% in over 55s...
Monday, 24 June 2019 16:00
People with dementia being “ignored and neglected” warns charity as new poll shows more than three quarters of MPs believe dementia care is underfunded
Majority of MPs believe dementia care should be funded by the state; Alzheimer’s Society calls for £2.4bn Dementia Fund...
Monday, 24 June 2019 15:46
The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme to recruit its 1000th farmer
Family farm businesses are now invited to register for the fourth year of The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme...
Monday, 24 June 2019 13:00