Sponsored Academies Week: Brooke Weston Trust boosts standards in Northants and Cambridgeshire
Today we focus on Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire – with the tremendous contribution to driving up school standards by the Brooke… Read more »
Sponsored Academies Week: The pursuit of excellence in Nottingham
Barry Day, the chief executive of the Greenwood Academies Trust, is a heroic figure in British education who deserves to… Read more »
Pendle Labour councillor defects to Conservatives
Welcome aboard to Cllr Abdul Aziz of Pendle Borough Council who has dfected from Labour to the Conservatives. Cllr Aziz… Read more »
Sponsored Academies Week: Outwood Academies
The challenge of starting a new school with its own distinctive character has been met by some remarkable pioneering social… Read more »
Council by-election results from yesterday
Boston Borough – Fenside: Ukip 162, C 87, Lib Dem 87, Lab 75. (May 2011 – Two seats English Democrats… Read more »
Shelter backs subsidies for the rich over new homes for those in need
The housing "charity" Shelter does not provide shelter for anyone. It does not own a single home. It is a… Read more »
Mike Hancock investigation cost Portsmouth council taxpayers £25,000
Portsmouth City Council has spent £25,000 hiring a QC to determine if Cllr Mike Hancock, a Lib Dem councillor, has… Read more »
What Eric did over the summer holidays
The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has offered the following update to Parliament to cover his Department's work… Read more »
Raising standards for school leavers in English and maths is crucial
John Bald says a grade D in English is a "near miss" – Gove is right not to give up… Read more »
To shrink the state councillors must be held to account
Cllr Tony Devenish, a Westminster City Councillor, says Conservative councillors who "go native" should face deselection If I had a… Read more »
Council by-election result from yesterday
South Lakeland District – Windermere Bowness North: Lib Dem 431, C 248, Lab 29. (May 2011 – Lib Dem 608,… Read more »
Cutting the spare room subsidy is working in Hartlepool
This week there was an article in The Guardian by Cath Purdy, the chief executive of the Vela Group housing… Read more »
Hands off London Oratory School
One of the many fantastic schools in my borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is the London Oratory, a Roman Catholic… Read more »
Stoke councillors give themselves nine per cent pay rise
Councillors on Labour-run Stoke on Trent City Council have agreed a nine per cent increase in their allowances. The basic… Read more »
Bristol Council covers up its history of backing colour bar on buses
50 years ago today, after a boycott by passengers, the Bristol Omnibus Company ended their ban on employing ethnic minorities… Read more »