Teaching union warns Year 11 pupils have been ‘neglected’ after their GCSEs were cancelled due to coronavirus and need urgent help to stop them falling further behind Year 11 pupils are not a priority for schools, says leading education figure David Hughes of the Association of Colleges lectured MPs about school strategy Year 11 students … Read more
Katie Price will appear before MPs next Thursday for a second time to tell them about online abuse targeted at her disabled son Harvey. The ex-glamour model will give evidence to the Petitions Committee as a formal parliamentary inquiry into tackling online abuse is launched. Price, 42, wants a new UK law – which she … Read more
Katie Price will appear before MPs next Thursday for a second time to tell them about online abuse targeted at her disabled son Harvey. The ex-glamour model will give evidence to the Petitions Committee as a formal parliamentary inquiry into tackling online abuse is launched. Price, 42, wants a new UK law – which she … Read more
I have already had two people come up to me today and separately say “I think Boris may have to go”,’ one Tory MP told me last week. ‘There’s no way you would have been hearing that even last month.’ It’s just one sign that some Conservative politicians are starting to think the unthinkable. In … Read more
Tory MPs rebel as ministers rebuff ‘vital’ £1.3bn lagoon plan that could provide a huge post-Covid jobs boost The government blocked plans for a £1.3billion tidal power scheme in the UK Backbench MPs believe the six tidal lagoons can help kickstart the economy Project in Swansea was rejected as it was felt it did not … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being urged to consider a four-day working week as part of efforts to overhaul the economy after the coronavirus pandemic. A letter signed by MPs including former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell, Green MP Caroline Lucas and Guardian columnist Owen Jones, argues for reducing working hours so that ‘work is shared … Read more
Teaching unions were today accused by MPs of running a ‘disgraceful political campaign’ to keep classrooms closed by making parents fear they are ‘deathtraps’ when children can now go to Primark but not to school. Rowing broke out as the heads of the four main teaching unions appeared before the Education Select Committee to discuss … Read more
MPs call on Government to bail out ‘forgotten million’ people locked out of coronavirus support packages By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:05 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 15 June 2020 MPs have called on the Government to bail out the ‘forgotten million’ people locked out of coronavirus support packages. … Read more
A shadow minister criticised fellow Labour MPs today over a ‘facile’ racism row with Priti Patel. David Lammy criticised a group led by Vauxhall MP Florence Eshalomi for accusing the Home Secretary of ‘gaslighting’ them over her own experience of racism. Their accusation in a letter came after Ms Patel clashed in the Commons with … Read more
British Airways’ treatment of staff ‘is a national disgrace’, claim MPs as they accuse airline of a ‘taking advantage’ of coronavirus crisis by cutting up to 12,000 jobs The Commons Transport Select Committee announced BA have cut 12,000 jobs The aviation company also received £35million from furloughing 22,000 staff Tory MP Huw Merriman said it … Read more