The Skills and Development Agency (S&DA) has been successful in its bid to set up STEM Academy, in Hackney, as […]
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06
Aug
2012
The Work Programme is not slave labour
Mr Justice Foskett put the matter in perspective, pointing out their experiences were “a very long way from the kind […]
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06
Aug
2012
Disabled made to feel like benefit scroungers
“Disabled ‘made to feel like benefit scroungers” A survey conducted by the charity Scope has found that almost half […]
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31
Jul
2012
Household incomes fall by 0.6 per cent
Figures released today by the ONS reveal that real house hold incomes have fallen by 0.6 per cent in the […]
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30
Jul
2012
BIS delays apprenticeship review
The Department of Business Innovation and Skills has announced that despite Jason Holt’s completing his review of how more businesses […]
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This morning’s Guardian reported that a city firm set up by two Conservative party donors with close ties to ministers […]
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25
Jul
2012
Councils charging for ‘free’ children’s centres
One in five Sure Start centres has started charging parents for sessions that used to be offered free. A report […]
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Channel 4 needs you… Channel 4 are poised for an in depth interview and want to produce a documentary […]
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20
Jul
2012
Higher, higher, higher Apprenticeships,
In 2010 the Government announced its commitment to grow Higher Apprenticeships. As a result, there are now eleven to choose from […]
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20
Jul
2012
Welfare to work, economy, employment and more…
Labour attacks work programme as chaotic Labour has criticised the Work Programme as an “almighty mess” after official forecasts have […]
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