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Top Stories: Labour Sets Sights On Sue Gray, SNP Leadership Hustings Begin, Tories Hold Away Day
Top Stories: Labour Sets Sights On Sue Gray, SNP Leadership Hustings Begin, Tories Hold Away Day
Coronavirus
Labour is reportedly making moves to hire Sue Gray, the top civil servant who produced last year's damning Partygate report into Covid lawbreaking in Downing Street during lockdown.
Former Cabinet Minister Says Grandparents Should Get Extra Support To Help With Childcare
Health
Former Cabinet Minister Says Grandparents Should Get Extra Support To Help With Childcare
Top Stories: Dominic Raab Row Deepens, Liz Truss Plots Comeback, Childcare Pressure For PM
Education
Top Stories: Dominic Raab Row Deepens, Liz Truss Plots Comeback, Childcare Pressure For PM
Top Stories: Sunak Under Pressure To Suspend Raab, Half Of Schools Impacted By Strikes
Education
Top Stories: Sunak Under Pressure To Suspend Raab, Half Of Schools Impacted By Strikes
Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike
Education
Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Health
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Tories Warned Push To Get Parents Into Work Will Fail Without 'Fixing' Childcare
Education
Tories Warned Push To Get Parents Into Work Will Fail Without "Fixing" Childcare
The House Live
Scrap upfront childcare fees for families on the lowest incomes – it’s the poverty premium in action
Education
By Becca Lyon
Scrap upfront childcare fees for families on the lowest incomes – it’s the poverty premium in action
UK Advertising’s Talent Shortage Needs Government Help Partner content
Education
By Advertising Association
UK Advertising’s Talent Shortage Needs Government Help
Government must make its review of Relationships, Sex and Health Education a top priority
Education
By Sarah Champion MP
Government must make its review of Relationships, Sex and Health Education a top priority
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How The Windsor Framework Vote Will Work And The Risks It Poses to Rishi Sunak
How The Windsor Framework Vote Will Work And The Risks It Poses to Rishi Sunak
Brexit
DUP MPs 'Unanimously' Agree To Vote Against Rishi Sunak's Windsor Framework
DUP MPs "Unanimously" Agree To Vote Against Rishi Sunak's Windsor Framework
Brexit
Octopus boss Greg Jackson: The UK is going backwards on renewables
Octopus boss Greg Jackson: The UK is going backwards on renewables
By Tali Fraser
Communities
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Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike
Education
Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike
Thousands of teachers in England and Wales are set to strike on Wednesday after talks between education unions and the government failed to reach an agreement.
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Health
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Mass walkouts are set to take place across multiple sectors in February affecting the NHS, schools, rail services and more.
Why we must do better for children in hospital schools
Health
By Maarten Crommelin
Why we must do better for children in hospital schools
When Faisal* walked through the doors of our school at the Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital, we only knew his name.
Like so many of our pupils, he had been admitted because of a mental health emergency and was too unwell to leave the ward. It took daily visits by our teachers to build trust and to work out what they could do to help.
Education news
We must learn from the Kids Company report to better protect vulnerable children
Education
By Tim Loughton MP
We must learn from the Kids Company report to better protect vulnerable children
As minister for children at the Department for Education I dealt with many charities doing extraordinary things for young people. At that time there were no fewer than 72,000 separate registered charities dealing with children and families. Trying to guide the sector into a more streamlined and effective force was a constant challenge.
Levelling-up can turn the UK’s life sciences sector in to a ‘superpower’ Partner content
Health
By Future Health
Levelling-up can turn the UK’s life sciences sector in to a ‘superpower’
The urgency of the pandemic showed the potential of a supercharged life sciences sector. As the government begins to move forward with its 'levelling up' programme, it is crucial that we build on that momentum for other conditions.
We must celebrate the apprentices who are helping build our future
Education
By Jack Lopresti MP
We must celebrate the apprentices who are helping build our future
National Apprenticeships Week enables us to spotlight some of the remarkable work being done up and down the country, by apprentices, employers and educators, to equip people of all ages for the workplace of tomorrow.
LISTEN: Delivering the skills required to make net zero happen Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
LISTEN: Delivering the skills required to make net zero happen

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, this episode of Engineering a Better World explores how we can lead the way in delivering the skills required to make net zero happen. 


Host Jonn Elledge talks to Siobhan Baillie MP, and Yvonne Baker and Dr Graham Herries, Co-Chairs of the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Education and Skills Policy Panel, and interviews Dr Alex Burghart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills.
National Apprenticeship Week: How we can build skills for the future Partner content
Education
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
National Apprenticeship Week: How we can build skills for the future
It’s that time of year again - National Apprenticeship Week is upon us, meaning it’s time to sit up and take stock.
How the apprenticeships levy has helped deliver new drivers for London’s buses Partner content
Education
By Go-Ahead
How the apprenticeships levy has helped deliver new drivers for London’s buses
A lot of people assume driving a bus is straightforward. But in London, one of the world’s busiest and most crowded cities, it takes skill, determination, patience and concentration to keep a double-decker bus on the move.
Government must seize this golden opportunity to level up opportunity for all children across Britain
Education
By Mark Russell
Government must seize this golden opportunity to level up opportunity for all children across Britain
Through working directly with children and young people and seeing the inequalities and hardships they endure; we have been eagerly awaiting the white paper on levelling up.
Poor provision of relationships and sex education in schools is failing young people
Education
By Sarah Champion MP and Maria Miller MP
Poor provision of relationships and sex education in schools is failing young people
In March 2017, Parliament made it law for all secondary schools in England to teach relationships and sex education, and relationships education in primary schools.
Partner content
Health
By Save the Children
UK’s major children’s charities respond to Levelling Up White Paper
Save the Children, The Children’s Society, Barnardo’s, Action for Children and the National Children’s Bureau have released a joint statement in response to the Government's Levelling Up White Paper released today:
We need to overhaul student finance – not burden graduates with a stealth tax
Education
By Paul Blomfield MP
We need to overhaul student finance – not burden graduates with a stealth tax
Last week ministers found a new way to shift a financial burden – this time from the Treasury’s balance sheet to graduates’ pockets.
With an ethos of ‘learning by doing,’ UTCs bridge the gap between education and work
Education
By Lord Kenneth Baker of Dorking
With an ethos of ‘learning by doing,’ UTCs bridge the gap between education and work
The first University Technical College (UTC) opened in 2010. Today there are 48 across England, with more than 17,500 students. UTCs were not dreamt up by the Department for Education (DfE) because, since 1870, the DfE has never created a technical curriculum or a technical qualification; instead it has focused on academic subjects.
How can we ensure patients are put at the heart of the NHS Recovery? Partner content
Coronavirus
By AbbVie
How can we ensure patients are put at the heart of the NHS Recovery?
With the pandemic absorbing health resources, patients with Long-Term Conditions are continuing to suffer delays in diagnoses and treatment. So how can we make sure the needs of these patients are put at the heart of the NHS Recovery? We speak to two MPs with personal experience
Prisoners should be offered apprenticeships while incarcerated to help them gain skills for jobs upon release
Education
By Rob Halfon MP
Prisoners should be offered apprenticeships while incarcerated to help them gain skills for jobs upon release
It is little wonder that reoffending rates are so high in this country – at around 42 per cent – when the odds of finding a job are stacked against prison leavers.
Minister Urges Schools To Drop Mask Wearing After Headteachers Defy Rule Changes
Coronavirus
Minister Urges Schools To Drop Mask Wearing After Headteachers Defy Rule Changes
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said new guidance on masks is "very clear" and that pupils no longer need to wear them in the classroom as Covid restrictions are relaxed.
Ministers Accused Of Hiding 'Woeful' Lack Of Ex-Teachers Returning To Classrooms To Fill Covid Gaps
Coronavirus
Ministers Accused Of Hiding "Woeful" Lack Of Ex-Teachers Returning To Classrooms To Fill Covid Gaps
Labour has accused ministers of trying to hide what appears to be a scant response to the government's call for former teachers to return to the classroom to cover staff off sick with Covid-19.
How Brexit gives us the opportunity to put public services first Partner content
Health
By Unum
How Brexit gives us the opportunity to put public services first
Brexit gives us greater freedom over how the British economy works. But current insurance rules on investment, a legacy from our membership of the EU, are a hindrance to ‘Levelling Up’. We need to remove this roadblock and put public services first
Teachers Have Told Pupils To Wear Thermals And Coats To Lessons To Cope With 'Freezing Classrooms'
Education
Teachers Have Told Pupils To Wear Thermals And Coats To Lessons To Cope With "Freezing Classrooms"
Teachers are telling pupils to wear vests and thermals under their school shirts and keep their coats on in lessons as poorly ventilated classrooms are forced to open windows and doors to protect against Covid-19.
Teachers Feeling The Strain Of Covid Staff Absences Are Sceptical About Volunteer Scheme
Coronavirus
Teachers Feeling The Strain Of Covid Staff Absences Are Sceptical About Volunteer Scheme
Just days into a new term teachers across the country have told PoliticsHome they are already facing severe staffing challenges as a result of Covid sickness and are having to make changes to the way pupils are taught. 
We need a plan to better support children if schools have to close again
Coronavirus
By Mark Russell
We need a plan to better support children if schools have to close again
Just weeks ago, families may have been thinking their children would be returning to school in 2022 with the worst of the pandemic behind them.
But by the time schools broke up for Christmas, parents and children were facing huge uncertainty due to the Omicron variant.
The right kind of investment for Africa must be a collaborative effort
Education
By Lord St John
The right kind of investment for Africa must be a collaborative effort
The private, public and third sector must share their expertise to deliver much needed solutions to Africa’s most pressing problems.
LISTEN: Net Zero starts at home Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
LISTEN: Net Zero starts at home
In episode two of the brand new series of Engineering a Better World, from The House and The Institution of Engineering and Technology, we speak to Anthony Browne MP, Chair of the Environment APPG, Rick Hartwig and Stephanie Baxter.
LISTEN: Strengthening our climate resilience Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
LISTEN: Strengthening our climate resilience
Kicking off a brand new series of Engineering a Better World, from The House and The Institution of Engineering and Technology, we speak to Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, Wera Hobhouse MP, Olivia Blake MP, and Dr Simon Harrison.
Commitment to child protection shows the betting and gaming industry’s determination to raise standards Partner content
Education
By Betting And Gaming Council
Commitment to child protection shows the betting and gaming industry’s determination to raise standards
A year on from the launch of the Government’s Gambling Review, we are now just weeks away from the resulting white paper.
How can we implement effective strategies to alleviate and support long-COVID? Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
How can we implement effective strategies to alleviate and support long-COVID?
With the so-called curse of “Long-COVID” estimated to affect a third of people post-infection, the legacy of this virus is set to disrupt populations for years to come. It is still unclear as to why some people experience the virus more, or less, severely, and why prolonged symptoms linger in some but not in others.
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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Birmingham
2023
Birmingham
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Birmingham
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
2023
Edinburgh
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
Net Zero Week 2023
2023
Online
Net Zero Week 2023
Women into Leadership Online
2023
Online
Women into Leadership Online