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Teachers to determine student grades in place of exams

Students will receive grades awarded and determined by teachers, with pupils only assessed on what they have been taught, the Education Secretary announced today. Teachers will be able to draw on a ...

Keir Starmer proposes 'British Recovery Bond'

Keir Starmer has called on the Government to give the British people “a stake in the national recovery” with new proposals aimed at supporting savers and backing people to start their own ...

How did the EU get COVID so wrong?

The EU has looked entirely impregnable since 2016, whatever you think of the benefits or restrictions of membership. The conflicts of the start of the last decade, when the rising tide of anti-EU ...

Canadian law firm joins post-Brexit UK Trade Law Panel

Canadian legal firm Bennett Jones has been appointed to the UK Government's new Trade Law Panel together with Linklaters LLP. The appointment follows an open and competitive international procurement ...

Crucial funding given to councils to support victims of domestic abuse

Councils across England have been allocated £125 million funding to provide support for victims of domestic abuse and their children, Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing Eddie Hughes announced ...

Labour demand extension on free school meals

Labour has demanded that the Government “do the right thing” and extend free school meals over the February half term next week. Labour’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner, who was reliant on free ...

Maritime and rail sectors benefitting from apprenticeship scheme

During National Apprenticeship Week 2021, High Speed 2 (HS2) and Skills Minister Andrew Stephenson has paid tribute to the apprentices and their employers around the country who have been stepping up ...

9 in 10 local councils participating in community COVID-19 testing

232 local authorities are now rolling out community testing, covering a population of around 42 million people and identifying thousands of positive COVID-19 cases in people not showing symptoms, who ...