HMI Prisons report on HMP Birmingham - availability of drugs affecting safety
The stability of HMP Birmingham was being adversely affected by the high volume of illicit drugs available, said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:01
G4S: “Clear determination” to make progress at Birmingham prison, say inspectors
A report into G4S-managed HM Prison Birmingham published today by independent inspectors says that there is a “clear determination” at the facility to rebuild and make progress after serious disorder in December last year...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:01
UCU response to report on government social mobility failings
Two decades of government efforts to improve social mobility have failed to deliver enough progress in reducing the gap between Britain’s “haves and have nots”, warns a new report released today...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:01
Welcome extra funding does not remove needs, demands and increased costs and difficult decisions in adult social care says ADASS
Despite welcome extra funding and councils protecting and planning to spend more on adult social care budgets...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:01
More needs to be done to improve social mobility, says ATL
Commenting on the report from the Social Mobility Commission, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:01
ASCL comment on Social Mobility Commission report
Commenting on the Social Mobility Commission’s report: Time for change: an assessment of government policies on social mobility 1997-2017, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:01
Howard League responds to Birmingham prison inspection
The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons’ report on Birmingham prison, published today...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:01
LGA responds to ADASS budget survey 2017
Responding to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ budget survey 2017, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, said...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:01
UN recognizes young entrepreneurs on Day for micro-, small, medium-sized enterprises
United Nations agencies today launched a new campaign to make it easier for the 70 million unemployed youth to get financing and learn new skills to start a business...
Tuesday, 27 June 2017 18:55
Matt Hancock's speech on technology at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security
Minister for Digital Matt Hancock's speech at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security in London...
Tuesday, 27 June 2017 18:47