by Sam | 16 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson this week announced that local authorities (LAs) are to receive an additional £45 million to help to support implementation of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms. The new money will support LAs...
by Sam | 16 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The DfE has published the findings of, and its response to, the consultation on the special educational needs (SEN) code of practice. Interestingly the response said that the largest single category of respondents to both the autumn and spring consultation was local...
by Sam | 13 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015
In a surprise announcement, BBC News has reported that Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, acting in his capacity as Liberal Democrat leader, has said that his Party’s 2015 General Election manifesto will state that all English schools should have qualified...
by Sam | 13 Jun 2014 | Uncategorized
With the Mansion House speeches from Chancellor, George Osborne, and Bank Governor, Mark Carney, underlined by comments from former Chancellor, Norman Lamont, the markets and the public are now being thoroughly softened-up for coming interest rate rises. That is good...
by Sam | 12 Jun 2014 | Employment
The latest labour market figures were published by the Office for National Statistics yesterday and make for good news for the Government, with the unemployment rate down to 6.6%, its lowest level since 2008. What is more, the latest quarterly rise of 345,000 more...
