by Chris Rogers | 16 Jan 2014 | Data
Government’s statistics watchdog has said police crime figures are unreliable. The head of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Andrew Dilnot, told the Public Administration Select Committee police data that overstating figures was “ingrained in policing culture”....
by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Addressing the North of England Education Conference in Nottingham, Ofsted Chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said that teachers should stop presenting themselves as “victims”. The head of the education watchdog warned it undermined the profession if teachers were...
by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Independent has reported that Labour is set to pledge to stop state schools employing unqualified teachers. Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt is expected to make the announcement at the North of England Education Conference today. Education Secretary...
by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Outsourcing, Politics
The campaign group The NHS Support Federation, which opposes a competitive market in the NHS, has released figures which it claims show that 70% of the 57 contracts to provide NHS services since April 2013 have been awarded to the private companies. Of these, 15...
by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Employment, Politics, Third Sector, Welfare
London Councils, the representative group for the 32 local authorities in the capital, has released a report which argues that opportunities for Londoners to find employment or training schemes have been lost due to a skills shortage in London. The group has...
