Whitehall staffing cuts add to digital skills shortages and risk increased costs, say MPs
Digital skills shortages in the civil service are likely to see increased risks and costs to Government...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
National Audit Office report published on Defence Inventory Management
Delivery to the frontline is still being put at risk by longstanding weaknesses in inventory management, despite the Ministry of Defence (MoD) taking steps to improve, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
ASCL comment on NFER report on schools with in-year deficits
Responding to a report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), which found that almost half of primary schools and special schools and two-fifths of secondary schools in England had or were expecting an in-year deficit in 2022/23...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
Office for Students underperforming amid looming crisis in higher education, says Lords Committee
A new House of Lords report published today (Wednesday 13 September), warns that the Office for Students (OfS) and Government are failing to act on the looming financial crisis facing the higher education sector...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
RAC: Road treatment and resurfacing falls to lowest level in five years
The number of miles of road in England resurfaced or given life-extending treatment is at its lowest point in five years, RAC analysis of government data* has revealed...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
Government on notice to respond to inflation impact on schools says NAHT
Responding to the findings of a new schools cost of living survey by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) which found that many are worried about the impact of rising costs on budgets, Paul Whiteman, general secretary at school leaders’ union NAHT, said...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
Public opinion research demonstrates confidence in elections
Research looking at the rollout of Voter ID has shown that 95% of people who voted in person in May’s local elections found the process easy...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
Health and Social Care Secretary and Prime Minister to meet with health experts to ensure NHS is ready for winter
The Health and Social Care Secretary, Steve Barclay, will today host a round table with the Prime Minister, clinical leaders and health experts to drive forward planning....
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
New jobs, facilities and funding announced ahead of Northern Ireland investment summit
New jobs, facilities and funding are being announced today as Northern Ireland opens its doors to global investors at the Northern Ireland Investment Summit...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
Nearly half of schools in England report in-year deficit in new cost-of-living survey
Almost half of primary schools and special schools (at 49 and 48 per cent) and two-fifths of secondary schools (at 41 per cent) in England had or were expecting an in-year deficit in 2022/23...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01