by Sam | 30 Jul 2014 | Education & Children's Services, Whitehouse News
A majority of Britons (55%) believe that parents should be able to take children on holiday for a week if it means a “significant financial saving” for the family, according to a new ComRes poll commissioned by political communications and education policy specialists...
by Sam | 30 Jul 2014 | Outsourcing
The BBC reports that care workers demanding the living wage in Doncaster have begun a 14-day strike. Care UK cares for 140 people with learning disabilities in about 40 properties in Doncaster. Unison members said the company should increase workers’ wages from...
by Sam | 30 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
The Department of Health has published the annual report on research and development work relating to assistive technology for 2013-14. The report provides information about the wide range of government funded projects supporting the development, introduction and...
by Sam | 30 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
Britain’s economy is now the fastest growing in the world, with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) matching pre-credit crisis levels. We’ve also had six consecutive quarters of economic growth, and the International Monetary Fund has, again, upgraded its forecast for...
by Sam | 29 Jul 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham delivered a speech this morning as part of Labour’s “The Choice” summer series of speeches by members of the Shadow Cabinet. Dubbed as Labour’s “Summer Offensive”, the series aims to lay out the key choices facing voters in 2015....
