US Election Digest: Last day of campaigning, Obama gets Sandy boost and more
Larry Smith’s latest round-up of the US Presidential election campaign.
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The Tory Olympic legacy? Scrapping protections for school playing fields
School sport: new regulations come in to force on Wedneseday which get rid of the requirement on all schools to have decent sized playing fields.
There is an alternative to these brutal cuts – let’s make our voices heard
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, writes about the need to march for a future that works, and against the Tory cuts.
Survey reveals huge increase in number of pupils coming to school hungry
Research released today shows teachers have seen a huge increase in the number of pupils coming to school hungry, reports Shamik Das.
Labour outlines real spending plans in Wales
Finance minister Jane Hutt delivered the second draft budget since the 2011 Assembly elections in Wales yesterday.
Spanish Treasury broke? Not when it comes to arms…
With deep austerity in place in Spain hitting workers, hospitals and school hardest is it really fair €1.7 billion has been loaned to the Ministry of Defence?
SNP’s Swinney branded “Osborne with a kilt”
The PCS Union in Scotland has branded Scottish finance secretary John Swinney as being “George Osborne with a kilt” following his budget.
Will not supporting gay marriage get you sacked?
Joe O’Donnell is a writer at Incomes Data Services (IDS) and is writing this in a personal capacity. The Telegraph recently published an article entitled ‘Teachers “face sack” for refusing to endorse gay marriage’. This hyperbolic report uses Aidan O’Neilltest
Gove and the DfE are playing loose with our playing fields
If the DfE can be so wrong about the correct figure on school playing fields, what else are they (by cock-up or conspiracy) misleading the public about?
Cameron blames teachers over school sport – ignoring his cuts and playing field sell-offs
David Cameron has criticised state school teachers for not doing their bit for school sport.