Spring budget

Budget 2023: A competent affair but with glaring missed opportunities

John Cope distils yesterday’s announcements to find a budget lacking in expansive vision and visible expenditure, but with encouraging...

JL Dutaut
John Cope
Apprenticeships, Spring budget

Ex-DfE ministers call for ‘apprenticeship levy 2.0’

Familiar faces Greening and Milton, who were education ministers when the apprenticeship levy launched in 2017, have joined calls...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Spring budget

Spring budget: Time for politicians to put money where their mouth is

It’s time to stop telling us ‘more needs to be done’ and start doing it, writes David Hughes. The...

JL Dutaut
David Hughes