by Chris Rogers | 9 Sep 2013 | Welfare
A new report has suggested that job vacancies have increased at the sharpest rate for over six years. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation said vacancies for temporary jobs increased strongly last month, at its fastest pace for 15 years. Salaries paid to...
by Chris Rogers | 9 Sep 2013 | Uncategorized
A BBC 5 live survey has claimed that England’s accident and emergency departments are understaffed on average by nearly 10%. The picture was worst in London, with the largest proportion of vacancies found in four trusts in the capital. The Department of Health...
by Chris Rogers | 9 Sep 2013 | Education & Children's Services, Third Sector
It has been claimed by a charity that existing myths about foster care are likely to result in a crisis in the service in the UK. It was found by a survey for Action for Children that some 10% of adults did not know that fostering meant providing temporary care. Many...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Sep 2013 | Education & Children's Services
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) think tank has released a new report on the causes of educational failure. The report startlingly concludes that children from the poorest backgrounds risk becoming an “educational underclass”, expressing fears that...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Sep 2013 | Justice
The Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling MP, has dropped plans to cut the legal aid bill by awarding contracts to the lowest bidder. Ministers had intended to introduce price competitive tendering as part of a string of reforms aiming to cut the £2 billion annual legal...
