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Health and Social Care Secretary quote on junior doctor negotiations

Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, said...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 12:46

DfE blog: The King’s Speech 2024: What does it mean for education?

During the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday 17 July, the King set out the government’s priorities for the coming months...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 12:44

Written statement on Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects - Jul 18

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Ed Miliband): This Statement confirms that it has been necessary to extend the deadlines for decisions on the following four applications made under the Planning Act 2008...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 12:42

Written Statement (Wales): Welsh Government action against litter and fly-tipping - Jul 18

Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Our ambition is for a litter and fly-tipping free Wales, and we can achieve this with everyone playing their part...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 11:54

Written Statement (Wales): Commission for Tertiary Education and Research – Operational date - July 18

Lynne Neagle MS, Cabinet Secretary for Education: This week marks a key milestone for the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, Wales’ first ever national steward for the whole tertiary education and research sector...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 11:52

NAHT says record school exclusions show 'desperate need for change'

Paul Whiteman, general secretary at school leaders’ union NAHT, said the new figures, which show a record number of school exclusions and suspensions during the 2022-23 academic year, are a sign of the desperate need for change...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 10:52

ASCL comment on rise in suspensions and exclusions

Responding to data from the Department for Education showing an increase in the number of pupils suspended and permanently excluded in the 2022/23 academic year, Pepe Di’Iasio, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 10:33

Written statement on First steps to reform water sector - Jul 18

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Steve Reed): The new Government will never look the other way while water companies pump record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 10:31

Ofqual: Grading continues as normal this summer in England

Marking and grading are happening as normal this summer and this will continue in future years...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 09:47

ASCL comment on adjustments to GCSE grading standards

Responding to Ofqual’s announcement of adjustments to grading for GCSE French, German and computer science, Julie McCulloch, Director of Policy at the Association of School and College Leaders, said...

Thursday, 18 July 2024 09:45