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Why SEND Could Be The Next Big Battle For The Government
Why SEND Could Be The Next Big Battle For The Government
Education
After a bruising effort to avoid a major rebellion over its welfare reforms, the government now faces the challenge of selling its plans for SEND to Labour backbenchers. 
Education Secretary Holding SEND Meetings With Labour MPs To Avoid Repeat Of Welfare Rebellion
Education
Education Secretary Holding SEND Meetings With Labour MPs To Avoid Repeat Of Welfare Rebellion
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Health
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Absent Minds: How To Solve The Crisis Of School Absenteeism?
Education
Absent Minds: How To Solve The Crisis Of School Absenteeism?
UK Student Interest In US Universities Falls Sharply
Education
UK Student Interest In US Universities Falls Sharply
Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott: “I See Smartphones As The Equivalent Of Giving Children Cigarettes'
Education
Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott: “I See Smartphones As The Equivalent Of Giving Children Cigarettes"
'Everything Has To Be On The Table' When It Comes To Student Finances, Says Shadow Chancellor
Education
"Everything Has To Be On The Table" When It Comes To Student Finances, Says Shadow Chancellor
Opinion
Ministers must act now to make Child Trust Funds accessible for disabled children
Education
By Lord Blunkett and Sarah Smith MP
Ministers must act now to make Child Trust Funds accessible for disabled children
UEL’s blueprint for inclusive economic growth Partner content
Education
By University of East London
UEL’s blueprint for inclusive economic growth
Let’s end the rigging of public service procurement and repair children’s care provision
Education
By Baroness Thornton
Let’s end the rigging of public service procurement and repair children’s care provision
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Reform UK Send Candidates For Psychiatric Testing To 'Avoid Another Rupert Lowe'
Reform UK Send Candidates For Psychiatric Testing To "Avoid Another Rupert Lowe"
Political parties
Reform Says Its New Justice Adviser’s View On Trans Prisoners Is Not Party Policy
Reform Says Its New Justice Adviser’s View On Trans Prisoners Is Not Party Policy
Communities
How Reform Plans To Conquer London
How Reform Plans To Conquer London
Political parties
I Spoke To Britain's First AI MP And It Got A Bit Weird
I Spoke To Britain's First AI MP And It Got A Bit Weird
Technology
Women in Westminster: In Conversation With Baroness Grey-Thompson Partner content
Women in Westminster: In Conversation With Baroness Grey-Thompson
By Total Politics Impact
Parliament
Green Party MP Shares List Of All Her Meetings And Urges Colleagues To Do The Same
Green Party MP Shares List Of All Her Meetings And Urges Colleagues To Do The Same
Parliament
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Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy
Education
Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy
A dramatic increase in children judged to have special educational needs has created another dysfunctional market driving councils into insolvency, reports Justine Smith
Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
Health
By Tali Fraser
Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
The Cass Review into NHS gender services for children opened up the national conversation on this controversial subject, and divided opinion. Its author, Baroness Cass, speaks to Tali Fraser about being newly introduced as a peer and how she responds to critics. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
SEND Help: How to reform our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system
Education
By Matilda Martin
SEND Help: How to reform our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system
“Lose, lose, lose.” That is how former Conservative education secretary Gillian Keegan described the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England, widely described as broken.
Education news
Partner content
Education
By Mott MacDonald
Ofsted recognises marked improvement at Slough Children’s Centres
Ofsted has recognised a marked improvement at Sloughs Childrens Centres, managed by Cambridge Education on behalf of the Borough Council.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Conservative Party manifesto
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers comments on the Conservative party manifesto
Partner content
Education
By University of Hertfordshire
University develops new cloud-based connected car system
The University of Hertfordshire has recently launched a new cloud-based connected car system which will use satellite positioning to track a cars location and assess data collected for potential dangers.
Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
Labour Manifesto Response
The PSHE Association welcomes today's commitment in the Labour manifesto to statutory status for the Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) element of PSHE education, but is concerned about the lack of reference to the subject as a whole.
Partner content
Education
By million+
million+ comments on Labour manifesto pledge for careers advice service
The university think-tank million+ has commented on the manifesto pledge made by the Labour Party today (April 9) that every teenager will receive one-to-one careers advice to support them from school to work.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT welcomes Labour's commitment to educational entitlement for all children and young people
Commenting on the launch of the Labour Partys education manifesto, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL welcomes Labour's education manifesto but some issues remain unaddressed
Adrian Prandle, Director of Economic Strategy and Negotiations of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers comments on the Labour manifesto
The success of Labour's careers advice pledge Partner content
Education
By National Federation of Builders
The success of Labour's careers advice pledge
The National Federation of Builders welcomes Miliband's promise to guarantee personal careers advice for all teenagers, but warns the success of the plan depends on the advisors. 
Partner content
Education
By Save the Children
Charities lay down election challenge on nursery quality to get toddlers back on track
More than half a million children in independent (private) nurseries are being deprived of the benefits of a qualified early years teacher, according to the Read On Get On. campaign. This number includes many of the poorest children, who are most at risk of falling behind in basic language and reading skills and most in need of skilled teaching support.
Partner content
Education
By Mott MacDonald
Cambridge Education-led consortium evaluates teacher absenteeism rates, Indonesia
A consortium led by Cambridge Education, Mott MacDonalds international education consultancy, has completed a survey of schools in Indonesia to create nationally representative estimates of teacher absenteeism.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Conservative's plans to make primary pupils re-sit maths and English tests
Anne Heavey, education policy advisor at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers reacts to the Conservative party proposal on SATs resits
Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career Partner content
Education
By Chartered Insurance Institute
Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career
Improving the UK’s skills gap must be a priority for the next Government, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Children and young people lose out when teachers' pay and conditions are attacked
Five years of attacks on every aspect of teachers working lives has created a teacher supply crisis, the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has heard today.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Accountability regime creating climate of fear in schools
The high-stakes inspection and accountability regime has created a climate of fear in too many schools and is driving up stress levels and ill health among teachers, the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has heard today.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
The Coalition Government has been determined to break national frameworks of pay and conditions of service
The excessive freedoms and flexibilities granted to schools by the Coalition Government are undermining childrens and young peoples entitlement to a high-quality education service, teachers at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, have argued.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Verbal abuse of teachers on the increase
Teachers are reporting increasing concerns over pupil indiscipline, a survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has found.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT calls for political parties to commit to partnership working in Government
The NASUWT has called for political parties to commit to genuine engagement, dialogue and partnership if they are elected on 7 May, in a motion debated today at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
'Culture of paying teachers what you can get away with must end' says the NASUWT
Teachers at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, have condemned the Coalition Governments attacks on the pay of public sector workers, which has seen teachers pay cut by almost 15%.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Teachers betrayed by ministers over workload
Representatives at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, have today condemned the failure of ministers and employers to address the problem of excessive teacher workload, which is damaging the health and wellbeing of teachers and contributing to the growing crisis in recruitment and retention.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT international solidarity award for the Korean Teachers' Union
The NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has opened its Annual Conference in Cardiff by presenting its International Solidarity Award to the Korean Teachers Union (KTU).
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Pupil premium funding missing its target
Over half of teachers do not know how the additional funding their school receives under the Pupil Premium is being spent, a new survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has found.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT hails release of jailed trade unionist
Commenting on reports that the jailed teacher trade unionist Omar Alfonso Combita has been released from prison in Colombia, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
Partner content
Education
By million+
million+ launches publication which debates the key policy areas for higher education
The university think-tank, million+, has published a series of opinion pieces in its newest publication The HE Debate: Where next for..? which was launched today (30 March).
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Response to new IFS report on student funding
Universities UK responded today to the latest report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) on the student funding system in England.
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
2025
Bayview Suite 2
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
2025
Room 4A and 4B
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
2025
Derby Suite
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards
2026
The Palace of Westminster
Parliament's People Awards