Ash dieback project launches International Year of Plant Health
Three thousand trees have been planted in Hampshire as part of a pioneering project to tackle the devastating tree disease, Ash Dieback...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:54
Electric taxis to go wireless thanks to new charging tech trial
The UK could soon see a revolution in electric vehicle charging after the Transport Secretary announced today that £3.4 million will be invested in trials...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:42
National Audit Office report on Investigation into the rescue of Carillion’s PFI hospital contracts
The two PFI (Private Finance Initiative) hospitals that Carillion was building at the time it collapsed - Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Midland Metropolitan Hospital - are currently due for completion several years late...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
EPI: Government lacks strategy to improve early years workforce quality, threatening social mobility aspirations
A new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, examines how the government can develop the early years workforce in England, in order to improve the quality of provision...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
LGA Survey: £250 million a year lost through business rate avoidance
Business rates avoidance is costing local services an estimated £250 million a year, a new survey by the Local Government Association reveals today...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
Sexual harassment victims to "have their say" on laws designed to protect them
The Government Equalities Office is today calling for sexual harassment victims to share their stories, in one of the largest surveys of its kind ever to be carried out...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
ASCL comment on EPI early years workforce report
Commenting on the report by the Education Policy Institute about the development of the early years workforce in England, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
"Blowing smoke - British Airways emitting more CO2 emissions per passenger than rival airlines" says Which? Investigation
Flying with British Airways can increase CO2 emissions by up to 45 per cent per passenger when compared to rival airlines on the same UK routes, according to a new Which? Travel investigation...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
NEU responds to EPI on the Early Years Workforce
Commenting on Early Years Workforce Development in England, an EPI report funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
Angela Rayner responds to Education Policy Institute report on the early years workforce
Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Education, commenting on a new Education Policy Institute report on the early years workforce, said...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01