by Chris Rogers | 6 Feb 2014 | Economy
A leading economic think tank has found that the cost of living crisis is about to turn around. Analysis for the Institute for Fiscal Studies said there could be room to increase spending or cut taxes soon after the general election next year and still restore the...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Michael Gove and George Osborne have announced a £1 million cash boost to train teachers to teach computer coding to children. The Government will provide half of the funding for the scheme, with the remainder to be covered by technology companies such as Google....
by Chris Rogers | 5 Feb 2014 | Third Sector
The Public Accounts Committee claimed that the Charity Commission has failed to raise its game after the Cup Trust scandal, in which one of the UK’s biggest charities raised £177 million in 11 months but gave just £55,000 to good causes through legal avoidance. An...
by Chris Rogers | 5 Feb 2014 | Welfare
The Department for Work and Pensions have announced anyone wanting to appeal a decision that they are fit to work first has to have all their paperwork looked at again, while receiving no sickness benefits. The Government have said that this “mandatory...
by Chris Rogers | 5 Feb 2014 | Economy, Outsourcing, Third Sector
It’s been announced that the government’s behavioural insights team is to leave the Treasury and be spun out as a mutual joint venture that will allow it to sell its services globally at a profit. The nudge unit was set up in 2010 with a mission to find...
