Politics

Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Revealed: The new education committee membership

11 MPs selected for influential committee that holds the Department for Education to account

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Tugendhat pledges millions for FE in Tory leadership bid

Apprenticeships and skills spending will reduce reliance on migrant workers, according to Tory leadership hopeful

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

172 college leaders make collective investment plea to chancellor

Principals warn economic growth will be stifled without greater funding to build the FE workforce

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Phillipson tells school pay review body to consider FE impact

Education secretary appears to namecheck further education workforce for first time in STRB remit letter

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Mayors’ powers are key to unlocking skills for growth

National policy-making has left the West Midlands behind and the region needs and wants to try something new

JL Dutaut
Richard Parker
Politics, Skills reform

Shorter apprenticeships and level 7 restrictions confirmed by Starmer

PM also pledges to introduce 'foundation' apprenticeships

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Helen Hayes elected education committee chair

SEND reform, child poverty and a 'fit-for-purpose' skills system are on Hayes' agenda

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

ESFA to close in March 2025

Another education-related quango bites the dust with agency's functions to be absorbed by DfE

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter