by Chris Rogers | 18 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Economy, Education & Children's Services
Education minister Liz Truss will head on a fact-finding mission to Shanghai to find out why children there are outperforming their British counterparts. The news comes after new analysis of figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development...
by Chris Rogers | 17 Feb 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
Nick Clegg has hinted at a possible deal with Labour in the event of another hung Parliament. In an interview for a BBC Radio 4 documentary to be broadcast tonight, the Deputy Prime Minister said Labour had shifted their position and praised them for accepting the...
by Chris Rogers | 17 Feb 2014 | Employment, Politics, Welfare
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Minister of State for Employment Esther McVey has reiterated her commitment to increasing the number of young people in employment, and praised Jobcentre Plus staff for helping to engender a “cultural shift” in...
by Chris Rogers | 17 Feb 2014 | Employment, Politics, Welfare
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves has criticised the Department for Work and Pensions after it has emerged that claimants in one of the regions piloting the Universal Credit scheme has disappeared from official statistics on unemployment. The news came...
by Chris Rogers | 17 Feb 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s been reported that risk analysis conducted by the NHS has revealed that the new medical records database could be vulnerable to computer hackers or open to abuse by those wishing to identify patients ‘maliciously’. The study warned that public confidence in the...
