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Retention rates worsen for new teachers say ASCL

Commenting on teacher retention rates published today by the Department for Education, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 11:09

Securing a Western Rail Link to Heathrow: Officers of All Party Parliamentary Group meet Rail Minister to promote the campaign

On Wednesday 27 June, Tan Dhesi MP for Slough (Labour) and Richard Benyon MP for Newbury (Conservative) met with the Rail Minister, Andrew Jones MP, in Parliament to discuss the work of the All Party Parliamentary Group for a Western Rail Link to Heathrow...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 10:11

ASCL: Nearly 120,000 more secondary pupils in large classes

Commenting on class size statistics published today by the Department for Education, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 10:10

Labour demands minister ‘sets the record straight’ over Boris Johnson’s misleading Brexit claims

Keir Starmer has written to the Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay calling on him to “set the record straight” in Parliament later today over Boris Johnson’s misleading Brexit claims...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 09:18

Oral answer (Lords) on Social Care: Free Personal Care - Jun 26

Baroness Wheeler asked the Government what assessment they have made of the Institute for Public Policy Research’s report Social care: Free at the point of need—the case for free personal care in England, published on 23 May, and whether this matter will be addressed in the forthcoming Social Care Green Paper...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 09:17

Opposition day debate (SNP) on Immigration - Jun 26

Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) (SNP): I beg to move, that this House regrets that the outgoing Prime Minister’s legacy will be her hostile environment policy and her unrealistic and damaging net migration target...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 09:09

Extracts from SNP led debate on Immigration - Jun 26

Stephen Kerr (Stirling) (Con): The last intervention included a selective quote from what the CBI Scotland has said...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 08:55

Extracts from Commons proceedings - Jun 26

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab): The design of the shared prosperity fund will be crucial to Wales’s industrial strategy...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 08:51

Extract from Westminster Hall debate on NHS Pensions - Jun 26

Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire) (SNP):...It is the same issue that arose with the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 08:47

Extract from end of day adjournment debate on Disabled Access: Thirsk Station - Jun 26

Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton) (Con):...I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Transport Secretary and the Minister, whom I met to discuss these issues and our bid to the Access for All funding programme...

Thursday, 27 June 2019 08:43