Education

  • Public Finance
    8 Feb 01
    The gap between high and low performing schools is still too wide, Ofsted warned this week, following the publication of its annual report.
  • Public Finance
    8 Feb 01
    The Local Government Association has asked the Treasury to fund a £200m shortfall created by the teachers' pay increase agreed by the government last week.
  • Public Finance
    8 Feb 01
    The government should quadruple the 'participation premiums' given to universities for admitting students from poor socio-economic backgrounds, according to the Commons education select committee.
  • Public Finance
    1 Feb 01
    A last-minute £188m cash injection into this week's local government finance settlement may not be enough to head off mounting pay and service pressures, warn councils.
  • Public Finance
    1 Feb 01
    William Hague has promised that the next Conservative government would 'deregulate' schools and hospitals as part of a drive to boost standards in public services.
  • Public Finance
    1 Feb 01
    A south London borough's £1bn-plus regeneration programme is under the spotlight after the shock resignation of its mayor from the Labour group last week.
  • Public Finance
    1 Feb 01
    The most expensive building venture undertaken by English Partnerships, the government's national urban regeneration and development agency, faces its acid test this week when the London Borough of...
  • Public Finance
    1 Feb 01
    Ofsted chief inspector Mike Tomlinson adopted a new, conciliatory approach to local education authorities this week, despite the publication of a report that accuses LEAs of having little effect on...
  • Public Finance
    25 Jan 01
    Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has pledged an extra £100m for the government's neighbourhood renewal fund, doubling the amount of money being given to deprived areas next year. The money is in...
  • Public Finance
    25 Jan 01
    A new magazine went on sale in British hospitals this week, with the aim of raising an extra £5m to make patients' stays more comfortable. The team behind feelgood hope that sales of their glossy mix...
  • Public Finance
    4 Jan 01
    A year-long mass vaccination programme that cost £20m has prevented 50 deaths from meningitis C and almost completely eradicated the disease, the Department of Health said this week
  • Public Finance
    4 Jan 01
    London local authorities are to demand emergency funds to support refugees amid signs that the government's national dispersal scheme is faltering
  • Public Finance
    4 Jan 01
    The government has denied that schools around the country are suffering from teacher 'famine'
  • Public Finance
    14 Dec 00
    An extra 39,000 recruits will be needed to meet the government's target of a net gain of 20,000 nurses in England by 2004, the Royal College of Nursing said this week.
  • Public Finance
    14 Dec 00
    The largest tax cuts in the history of the Irish state were announced last week by finance minister Charlie McCreevy.
  • Public Finance
    30 Nov 00
    The controversial Pimlico School PFI scheme has finally collapsed in ignominy. At a meeting on November 27, the school governors rejected the scheme by a vote of ten to seven, ending more than five...
  • Public Finance
    30 Nov 00
    Public services in rural areas, including education, social care, transport and post offices, face an annual audit to ensure they are meeting minimum performance targets.
  • Public Finance
    30 Nov 00
    A £900m European Investment Bank loan for London Underground's public- private partnership would 'compromise' government policy, a leading critic of the proposed partial privatisation of the Tube...
  • Public Finance
    30 Nov 00
    Local authorities may be set to receive £44bn in next year's finance settlement, an inflation-busting increase of 6.7% but, with two different funding options on offer, 47 councils are left more in...
  • Public Finance
    30 Nov 00
    On December 11, managers at the London Borough of Hackney will learn whether the current crisis caused by a gaping hole in the budget will be compounded by a mass walkout of council staff.
  • Public Finance
    23 Nov 00
    Leeds City Council is to provide e-mail and Internet access for its 298 schools through a deal with BT Syncodia Systems, British Telecom's e-business arm.
  • Public Finance
    2 Nov 00
    Former deputy justice minister Angus MacKay was the big winner in the Scottish Cabinet reshuffle carried out by First Minister Henry McLeish this week.
  • Public Finance
    2 Nov 00
    MPs are threatening to rein in Chris Woodhead, the blunt-speaking chief inspector of schools, because of his approach and attitude to their work.
  • Public Finance
    19 Oct 00
    The government is to invest £82m in a new literacy and numeracy scheme for 11 14-year-olds, Education Secretary David Blunkett announced this week.
  • Public Finance
    19 Oct 00
    A high-profile authority chief executive has warned that the advent of regional assemblies may lead to a dramatic down-sizing of local government.

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