LGA responds to latest school offer statistics
Responding to new statistics on primary and secondary school offers Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People Board, said...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:01
GMB Union criticises Government over Rolls-Royce job losses
These type of quality, well paid and skilled jobs will not be easily replaced - it will have a devastating impact on workers but also the economy says GMB union...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 11:52
ASCL: Drop in first choices shows pressure on secondary places
Responding to DfE statistics which show a drop in the percentage of parents getting their first-choice preference for secondary schools, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:46
Business leaders say apprenticeship system needs to be ‘a lot more flexible and a lot less bureaucratic’ – IoD
Responding to the Department for Education’s figures showing that the number of apprenticeship starts dropped by 28% to 261,200 compared to last year, Seamus Nevin, Head of Policy Research at the Institute of Directors, said...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:45
Rebecca Long-Bailey comments on Rolls-Royce job losses
Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, commenting on the job losses at Rolls-Royce, said...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:44
Westminster Hall debate on Business Rates - June 13
Rachael Maskell (York Central) (Lab/Co-op): I beg to move, that this House has considered a review of the business rates system...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:22
Commons consideration of Lords amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (day 2) - June 13
Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras) (Lab): I rise not only to move amendment (a) to Lords amendment 51, but to support the other Lords amendments that we are considering today.
Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:20
Extracts from Commons proceedings - June 13
Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth) (Lab):...On Friday, I met a group of constituents in my surgery that included both individuals and couples who have been affected by the new operation of the immigration regulations...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:10
Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - June 13
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Lord Ashton of Hyde) (Con): These regulations will, we hope, significantly improve the current situation, in which so many tickets for an event can disappear within seconds of their going on sale...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 07:54
Urgent question (Lords) on United States-North Korea: Summit in Singapore - June 13
Lord Alton of Liverpool asked the Government for their assessment of the impact of the US-DPRK Singapore Summit on security and human rights on the Korean Peninsula...
Thursday, 14 June 2018 07:52