by Chris Rogers | 13 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
New research suggests that childcare costs have soared by 19% over the last year. According to research by website Findababysitter.com, the average price of a nanny or babysitter rose to just under £10 per hour. After-school nannies were charging £10 an hour and...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jan 2014 | Politics
Speaking on the Sunday Politics programme, Shadow Housing Minister Emma Reynolds called for a new generation of council houses to overcome a “big shortage”. However, it is understood that Reynolds was not committing a future Labour Government to a new...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Following a series of Freedom of Information requests, The Guardian has reported that at least 9 chains of academy schools are paying millions of pounds to businesses associated with their directors and trustees. The schools involved are not accused of having broken...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jan 2014 | Economy, Outsourcing
Ken Clarke, Minister without Portfolio, is to visit China on a trade mission this week to ‘sell’ elements of the NHS. Clarke will be joined by a 50-strong delegation, with representatives of the private health sector including Bupa and ICNet, and the NHS...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jan 2014 | Politics
Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has renewed his attack on the Government’s reforms of the NHS, arguing that their sole intention was to ‘open up the NHS to privatisation’. In an interview with the independent, Burnham looks forward to the...
