Textbook politics – how the next election will affect what schools buy

by Sam | 1 Sep 2014 | Education & Children's Services

Today the majority of schools in England and Wales will return from recess, while MPs will also return to Westminster to get in stuck into a Parliamentary cycle that will be dominated by the looming General Election. While MPs look towards May 2015, schools will be...

Ed Miliband to make a health tax centre of Labour manifesto?

by Sam | 1 Sep 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics

All the talk over the summer has been that the Labour Party will look to make its poll lead on trust in leadership of the NHS central to its campaign for next year’s General Election, and reports in the Financial Times (£) at the weekend have suggested that the...

Lib Dems pledge to expand free schools meals policy to all primary school pupils

by Sam | 1 Sep 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015, Politics

The Independent has reported that the Liberal Democrats plan to include a pledge to roll out free school meals to all primary school children as part of the party’s election manifesto. The scheme is currently only available to five- to seven-year-olds, and...

Young people don’t see immigration as an employment threat

by Sam | 31 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services, Employment, Whitehouse News

Whitehouse Consultancy Chairman Chris Whitehouse has highlighted the findings of new research undertaken by ComRes on behalf of Whitehouse in a new article for Conservative Home. The ComRes poll has found that nearly half of Britons believe young people struggle to...

Britons Believe Firms Won’t Hire Young Without Work Experience

by Sam | 29 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services, Employment

International Business Times has reported on the new ComRes poll for Whitehouse, which has found half of Britons don’t believe employers will employ young people without previous work experience. To view the article, click here.