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If the government is serious about levelling up, then a good start would be investment in our schools
Exhausted educator ROBERT POOLE asks, does this government value education?
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
THE National Education Union (NEU) has launched a new campaign — Value Education, Value Educators.
Starting by focusing on workload caused by Ofsted and accountability, it is timely as the recent government Spending Review has made it clear that education is not something it values.
While we live in a time of rising bills and stagnant wages, the government has, in real terms, kept core spending per pupil at the same level as it was 15 years ago in the wake of the global financial crisis.
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