by Chris Rogers | 23 Jan 2014 | Welfare
In a speech to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Centre for Social Justice thinktank, Iain Duncan Smith claimed that the Government’s reforms to the welfare system stand in the tradition of great Tory reformers such as Wilberforce and Shaftesbury. The Work and...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The latest school league tables show that more of England’s secondary schools are meeting baseline government targets on GCSEs. A total of 154 state-funded schools out of about 3,200 are classed as under-performing – 61 fewer than last year. Schools are...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Labour Peer and former Schools Minister Lord Adonis has claimed that up to 100 independent schools are set to enter the state sector within the next decade. Lord Adonis, President of the Independent Academies Association, said that this was due to the Government’s...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
The National Audit Office has found “inconsistencies” in the way NHS hospitals record waiting times data. In a sample of 650 patient files, the watchdog found 202 incomplete records and 167 cases where errors had been made in recording when patients started and ended...
by Chris Rogers | 22 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
In the autumn of 1992 two new leagues were introduced that would transform Britain. One brought new levels of competition, sponsorship and foreign talent into an environment that had long been insular and dated. The other was English football’s Premier League....
