Colleges, Politics

Labour should bring colleges under local control, Gordon Brown suggests

Former PM proposes radical shake-up of government in new report for the party

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Politics

Autumn statement: pro-growth must mean pro-further education

Schools deserve every penny they got in the autumn statement, says Grant Glendinning, but capital investment alone leaves FE...

JL Dutaut
Grant Glendinning
Politics, Skills reform

Keegan boasts old FE funding boost in message to education sector

It comes a week after FE was ignored in the chancellor’s education cash splash

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, Skills reform

Autumn statement: silence on skills funding ‘criminal’

Jeremy Hunt announced billions for schools but no extra funding for further education or skills in his autumn statement...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Politics

Autumn statement: Apprentice minimum wage to rise to £5.28 an hour

The 9.7% rise will take effect from April 2023

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Politics

Ex-minister Robin Walker elected as education committee chair 

The former schools minister received 228 votes from MPs after Robert Halfon returned to the Department for Education as...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics, Skills reform

Keegan: The 3 ‘gamechangers’ for FE

Education secretary says local skills improvement plans 'will work', lauds IoTs and pleads for more teachers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Phillipson: Labour can’t commit to increasing FE funding rates

Shadow education secretary says the economic situation needs to become clearer

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Politics

Competence and competition. But which will define the new DfE line-up?

A new team of experienced ministers signals a return to competence at the DfE, writes Jessica Lister, but opposing...

JL Dutaut
Jessica Lister