by Chris Rogers | 4 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Early years provision is both the first and final frontier of education policy, the first chronologically but the final theoretically as, quite understandably, no Government has felt the State should mandate a defined path that all young children should follow as it...
by Chris Rogers | 4 Feb 2014 | Uncategorized
The Health Select Committee has launched an inquiry into how the health service deals with complaints and patient concerns. Specifically, the inquiry will consider: Handling of complaints made by patients and families about care received in the health and care...
by Chris Rogers | 4 Feb 2014 | Children and Families
Education Minister Liz Truss is writing to every English council suggesting that school nurseries be allowed to extend their opening hours to enable parents to leave toddlers there during the working day. Legislation will be introduced to cut red tape and make it...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Third Sector
There has been fresh criticism over the level of chief executive pay at Save the Children International and Marie Stopes International. It’s been claimed that highest earner at Save the Children, Chief Executive Jasmine Whitbread, earns £234,000 a year, while the...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Local Government
Council leaders in Wales are calling for urgent talks with First Minister Carwyn Jones to put forward alternative proposals for reorganisation. Earlier this year a Welsh Government backed inquiry into public services concluded that the 22 Welsh county councils must be...
