More than 1,000 head teachers from across England marched today and delivered a letter to the chancellor to convey their concerns about the state of school funding.
Charities fear children will be left open to “neglect and abuse” as local authorities have drastically cut their spending on children’s centres in England over the past five years.
The Care Quality Commission should come up with a more bespoke approach to inspection to improve the regulatory process, a health think-tank has suggested.
An extension of Brexit negotiations under Article 50 may be necessary to protect the fragile upturn in Scotland’s economy, according to a leading think-tank.
Local government funding is “not fit for purpose” and council-run public finance scrutiny bodies are needed, the shadow communities secretary has told the Labour conference.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn promised to “confront the challenge of rebuilding our public services” after nearly a decade of austerity, at the party’s conference today.
Labour wants to create a benefits system based on “compassion and respect rather than distrust and stigma”, the shadow work and pensions secretary Margaret Greenwood has told her party conference.
The proportion of adult social care workers in England leaving their jobs has increased 7.6% over the five years to 2017-18, according to workforce figures.
Labour would scrap academies and free schools and return control of education back to councils, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner told the party’s conference in Liverpool today.
Councillors from across England expressed concern the government will fail to redistribute funds equally after a major shake-up of grant allocation, at the Labour conference.
Labour would bring in a new tax on holiday homes and set up a national housing department, the party’s shadow housing secretary has told its annual conference.
