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...Labour explored a move to impose sales tax retroactively on private school fees to stop parents avoiding the levy by paying for years of education upfront, according to people briefed on internal discussions...
...Hughes said the announcement had confused the messaging on T-levels and raised questions among parents and pupils about the government’s commitment to the qualification....
...A report due soon by the House of Commons education select committee is expected to recommend how financial education could be better incorporated into the national curriculum....
...Sarah Ronan, director of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition advocacy group, said the figures painted “a positive picture” but did not “reflect what we are seeing on the ground”....
...Britain’s education secretary has admitted she cannot guarantee all parents in England will be able to access the government’s extended childcare offer....
...There has been a debate over whether pre-school provision should be geared towards the needs of parents’ work or children’s education, and the government has “clearly said now that the early years system...
...The Department for Education defended its offering, pointing to existing support for students who are also parents....
...The Department for Education has defended its plans, saying ministers were “rolling out the single biggest investment in childcare in England’s history”....
...The population of primary and nursery schools has been declining since its 2019 peak due largely to dropping fertility rates, Department for Education data showed....
...The government should be investing in nursing staff in the UK, funding nurse education and fair pay — not destabilising other healthcare systems,” she added....
...added: “Whilst this was an unfortunate turn of phrase, it should be borne in mind that by this point the government was trying to avoid a further lockdown given the already severe impact on the economy and education...
...David Hughes, AOC chief executive, said the jump in numbers would put a “huge strain” on education budgets over the coming parliament and pointed to a need to expand provision of apprenticeships and higher...
...“Sentiment rose across the population, with increases among consumers of all ages, incomes, education levels, political affiliations and regions of the country,” Michigan’s report said....
...Under the plan, the government has pledged £2.4bn towards education and additional training places over the first five years of the 15-year road map, which the committee said was insufficient and risked...
...“Colleges want to pay their staff more, and they absolutely would if they could,” said AOC chief executive David Hughes....
...The research included high-profile trusts including the Eranda Rothschild Foundation, which focuses on expanding opportunities in education and the arts....
...Additional reporting by Laura Hughes...
...The next chapter Laura Hughes has written a very powerful piece about rising support for assisted dying in the UK, and on the increase in support for assisted dying across most of the world: “There seems...
...Richard Hughes, the chair of the OBR, has criticised the lack of detail underpinning those spending assumptions....
...David Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, which represents further education colleges in the UK, said the failure to spend Multiply funds in the first year was “disappointing, but not...
...The IMF has warned UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt against cutting taxes, arguing the country needs to curb public borrowing and prioritise spending in areas such as health, education and tackling climate change...
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...Stars such as bowler Rashid Khan have called on the country’s rulers to rescind their ban on education for girls and many players are based overseas....
...“If you are a policy adviser in education, you would look to get a new job in that field for a company that’s almost certainly going to be linked to the CBI.”...
...The report by Jennifer Hughes (“Retail investors return to bet record sums on US stocks”, February 18) was a welcome update on how retail investors are deploying record amounts of capital into the US stock...
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