
Tomorrows People who has supplied stewards for the river pageant on Sunday has been criticised for the conditions offered to […]
Read moreWhat is an apprenticeship?

This week I attended a conference on the Future of Apprenticeships. During the conference a variety of speakers posed the […]
Read moreSFA announces new funding rules

On Thursday evening the Skills Funding Agency launched the new funding rules for 2012/13. The new funding rules are […]
Read moreChris Grayling: A number of providers involved in the Work Programme will "drop out altogether"

In a speech to mark the first anniversary of the Work Programme, employment minister Chris Grayling has revealed that a […]
Read moreChris Grayling: A number of providers involved in the Work Programme will “drop out altogether”

In a speech to mark the first anniversary of the Work Programme, employment minister Chris Grayling has revealed that a […]
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Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced that the government will amend council tax rules to give more flexibility to […]
Read moreThe political cost of another government u-turn

Some Conservative members today have suggested that George Osborne plans to water down his proposal to cap tax relief on […]
Read moreNew interim CEO for SFA

Employment minister John Hayes announced today that Kim Thorneywork has been appointed interim Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency. […]
Read moreGPs vote against the Work Capability Assessment

GPs have voted unanimously in favour of scrapping the work capability assessment (WCA). At the annual GPs’ conference in Liverpool, […]
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Following the secret meeting of the Public Accounts Committee in which they heard evidence from a senior auditor (see previous […]
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