Politics

Education committee replaces suspended MP with ex-education secretary

James Cleverly to replace Patrick Spencer on Parliament's education select committee

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics

Spending review 2025: What the chancellor announced for FE and skills

'Additional' £1.2bn on its way as DfE vows to find at least 5% of savings and efficiencies

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform

Level 7 apprenticeship funding to be axed from January 2026

DfE also announces 'priority' bootcamp funding for next year and confirms apprenticeship budget increase to over £3bn

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Devolution, Politics

Devolving 16-19 funding would be a nightmayor, minister warned

Doing so would lead to more 'bureaucracy' and 'inequalities', expert says

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Devolution, Politics

‘Potential’ for more skills devolution amid mayoral ‘tension’, says minister

Comes weeks after mayor Andy Burnham labelled the DfE as his 'biggest frustration'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Immigration white paper: What it means for FE and skills

Proposals include rising an employers' Skills Charge, stricter language rules, an HE levy and mandatory workforce strategies

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships, Politics

Disbelief at Phillipson’s 21-and-under fudge for level 7 apprenticeships

Education secretary's 'concession' described as 'ridiculous… daft and somewhat disingenuous'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Lady Spielman and Lord Gove: Tories confirm peerages

Two former education secretaries have been given gongs

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen