Lecturers and teachers in more than two-thirds of sixth-form and further education colleges say that changes to EMA are ‘adversely affecting recruitment to the college’ – despite claims from Education minister Michael Gove, going back to at least 2008, that the scheme was a ‘flop’.
It turns out that there’s less than meets the eye – for jobs and tax take – to WPP’s much trumpeted possible move to the UK following the annouced corp tax cut.
The prime minister and the leader of the opposition have debated whether a cut to a vital support for some of the most vulnerable in our society was indeed, a cut. Ed Miliband asked whether the coalition would consider reversing the decision to axe the Disability Living Allowance Mobility Payments for 83,000 claimants of the benefit living in care homes – as detailed in Part 4, clause 83 of the welfare reform bill.
Ahead of the Budget – here’s what to look out for.
The Daily Mail has mounted its highest of horses this morning, attacking the public sector over higher average pay than the private sector.
At Prime Minister’s Questions today, David Cameron complained of “roadblocks” to reform of the NHS, but at first did not refer directly to the BMA.
The news channels have been dominated by coverage of the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, which, as of 10am (GMT) Saturday, had cost the lives of at least 413 people, with a further 784 missing and 1,128 injured.
The Cameron administration has had firm aspirations to be the ‘greenest government ever’, but the reality is turning out to be quite different. Alongside having a transport secretary who advocates gas-guzzling changes to public policy and continuing to encourage road-building in a time of austerity, they have announced that the person almost certain to head up the coalition’s environemt and energy policy is a former BP policy advisor.
The Daily Mail has used a report showing sexism is widespread in UK society to argue sexism is dead; the article is headed “sexism is dead, say most British women”.
Although the government has made serious moves in the direction of civil liberties – notably cancelling inherited plans to introduce identity cards and an aspiration to end child detention within the asylum system – the announcement of the Freedom Bill is a landmark moment in British government. The previous Labour government passed liberal reforms which changed Britain irrevocably.
