by Sam | 28 Apr 2014 | Uncategorized
Labour Shadow Secretary Andy Burnham has warned that the NHS could be “carved open” for US companies to exploit for profit. Andy Burnham said the NHS must be exempt from the EU-US trade treaty currently being negotiated as it threatens the “fabric” of a universally...
by Sam | 24 Apr 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Analysis published by the Labour Party has found that three quarters of the Government’s flagship free schools failed to fill their places upon opening. Figures showed that of the 24 free schools opened in 2011, only 12 reached their capacity for the first year...
by Sam | 4 Apr 2014 | Transport
Ed Miliband MP has suggested Labour is considering bringing some rail franchises back into public ownership. The Labour leader said he was in favour of “innovative solutions” when it came to the railways, and cited the East Coast Mainline as a good example...
by Sam | 4 Apr 2014 | Economy
Chris Leslie MP has said that Labour must be prepared to take “tough choices” to cut public spending and balance the books if it wins the 2015 election. The Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is overseeing Labour’s ‘zero-based’...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
A portion of schools’ funding would be made conditional on students remaining in some form of education or training after taking their GCSEs, under new reforms announced by Labour. Labour’s independent skills taskforce has announced a series of reforms to...
