by Chris Rogers | 17 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
It’s been reported that a future Labour Government would consider forcing academies and free schools to adopt healthy food standards. Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Education Tristram Hunt said it was important to offer autonomy and to “get the balance...
by Chris Rogers | 17 Jan 2014 | Economy
Labour have called on the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney to avoid commenting on big political issues. This call came after Mark Carney appeared to criticise Labour’s proposals to cap retail banks’ market share when he appeared at the Treasury Select...
by Chris Rogers | 16 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Government will announce that around 100 top head teachers are to be parachuted into struggling schools. Schools Minister David Laws has said that the best headteachers will be offered more pay to raise education standards in the toughest schools. The policy was...
by Chris Rogers | 16 Jan 2014 | Economy, Education & Children's Services, Politics
The Student Opportunity Fund – the resource which supports students attending university from middle class backgrounds – is to be decided by the ‘Quad’ of senior coalition figures after a stalement was reached between HM Treasury and the...
by Chris Rogers | 16 Jan 2014 | Politics
The Conservatives look set to finish third in May’s European Elections, according to a new poll from YouGov. The survey found Labour topping the vote on 32%, with UKIP on 26% and the Conservatives on 23%. The Liberal Democrats face the prospect of losing all...
