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 Sam | 4 Apr 2014 | Creative Industries, media and technology, Outsourcing
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published a new register which lists the names of the companies that have had access to patient data since April 2013. The data shows how private healthcare firms including Bupa and pharmaceutical companies such as...
by Sam | 3 Apr 2014 | Children and Families, Economy
Ofqual has announced that it will link GCSE grades to levels achieved by pupils in China, Singapore and other countries deemed to be high-performing. The change, made by the exams regulator, will come into force from 2017 in response to a written request from the...
by Sam | 3 Apr 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Ofsted’s launched their first report on early years education provision which shows the continuing gap between outcomes for children from disadvantaged background and those from more affluent ones, even before the age of five. Ofsted found that only a third of...
by Sam | 2 Apr 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
A new study has claimed that private schools contribute £11.7 billion to Britain each year, making them significant for the country’s gross domestic product than the BBC or Liverpool’s economy. Research conducted by the consultancy Oxford Economics found that...
