Sutton Trust research: Nearly half of Academy leaders sceptical about Academy freedoms
New teacher polling also shows schools increasingly use pupil premium to plug wider cuts...
Thursday, 19 April 2018 00:01
Private rented sector: Committee of MPs calls for the confiscation of properties from criminal landlords to protect vulnerable tenants
Local authorities need greater powers to break the business models of criminal landlords who exploit vulnerable tenants...
Thursday, 19 April 2018 00:01
BCC: Reform needed to make Apprenticeship Levy fit for purpose
Speaking today (Thursday) at the Apprenticeships Conference in London, Jane Gratton, Head of Skills at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), will warn about the need for reform of the Apprenticeship Levy to make it workable for business...
Thursday, 19 April 2018 00:01
ASCL comment on educational disadvantage report
Commenting on analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and UCL Institute of Education (IOE) examining how disadvantaged pupils in England compare with those in other countries...
Thursday, 19 April 2018 00:01
Senior UN official calls on Israel to halt plans for relocating Palestinian Bedouin communities in West Bank
A senior United Nations humanitarian official on Wednesday called on Israeli authorities to halt plans to demolish Palestinian-owned structures and cease...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018 23:10
Foreign Secretary commits £4m to democracy in the Commonwealth
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has committed £4 million to support democratic accountability in parliaments across 18 Commonwealth developing countries...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018 23:08
Labour propose one million genuinely affordable homes with new definition of affordable housing linked to incomes
Tomorrow (Thursday 19 April) Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey will launch Labour’s affordable housing review and Green Paper consultation...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018 22:30
Prime Minister to thank Queen’s “service, dedication and constancy” to Commonwealth
Prime Minister Theresa May will today thank Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace for her “service, dedication and constancy” to the Commonwealth...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018 22:30
Prime Minister of India's visit, April 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has today begun his second visit to the UK as an official Guest of Government, as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018 17:15
Sir Eric Pickles and Ed Balls appointed as co-chairs of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation Advisory Board
The advisory board is supporting the delivery of the UK’s new Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018 16:35