by Whitehouse Communications | 17 Feb 2022 | Children and Families, Civil liberties, Education & Children's Services, Health and Social care, Human rights and equality
Emily Aklan is a children’s rights campaigner, founder of the Hope Instead of Handcuffs campaign and CEO of Serenity Welfare The Welsh government has announced the pilot of a basic income for care leavers, with all 18-year-olds leaving care to be offered £1600 a...
by Whitehouse Communications | 21 May 2021 | Brexit, Communications, Creative Industries, media and technology, Economy, Education & Children's Services, Employment, European Union
Britain has lost its way when it comes to skills, training and higher and further education. There is now a huge gap between the workforce we have and the skills we need to build back better after the pandemic and beyond Brexit. Government has announced big plans to...
by Whitehouse Communications | 13 Mar 2019 | Economy
Summary Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond gave his Spring Statement in the House of Commons this afternoon, speaking to the recent achievements of the UK economy. In what is widely regarded as a fiscal non-event for its lack of newsworthy content, Hammond...
by Whitehouse Communications | 23 May 2018 | Education & Children's Services
The Department for Education announced last week that it will provide £50m extra funding for England’s 163 surviving grammar schools with details of the remaining £150 million to be announced later. This funding, however, is dependent on these schools setting out what...
by Whitehouse Communications | 8 Mar 2018 | Education & Children's Services
New Education Secretary Damian Hinds confirmed this month that he will encourage grammar schools to expand, saying that “when it is possible for them to expand, physically, I want them to be able to expand.” It is widely believed that Hinds was appointed because of...
