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The Financial Services Authority will also be given the power to demand information from firms it does not regulate - effectively bringing hedge funds and other non-banking institutions into the regulatory net. The financial...
New curriculum would introduce compulsory sex education for the first time Ed Balls is to publish a new curriculum for all primary schools which will reorganise traditional subject areas into "thematic" headings and introduce...
Full marks to the students who complained to their headteacher about the intrusive taking of fingerprints in their school The brilliant new documentary about privacy by David Bond, Erasing David , has a telling scene in...
Updated on 18 November 2009 By Channel 4 News David Cameron is about to make his second appearance as a forum guest on parenting website Mumsnet. Does that show where the parties believe the key votes lie? Gordon Brown has also...
Children's Secretary Ed Balls' plans to guarantee pupils and parents certain rights from the education system were condemned by school leaders today, who said it will lead to a "whingers' charter" for families to complain. A...
The pair were last night embroiled in a bitter feud over public spending. The Chancellor slapped down Mr Balls after he launched an audacious bid for a budget increase of £2.6bn over the next three years.
Published Date: 18 November 2009 SNP ministers have raised concerns that the UK government might try to deny Scotland its share of new education money. Westminster Children's Secretary Ed Balls has called for an extra £2.6...
I couldn’t wait. I had to find out the result. I knew we had another day of polling to go, but I rang up our polling guy anyway. And what he told me will help you to understand the destiny of today’s Queen’s Speech.
News: Brown to put free social care for elderly at heart of Queen's speech Feature: Tobias Jones on why he and his family set up a commune for people in crisis Comment: Should nurses be prescribing drugs for children? Welcome...
Cafcass says 'we need to build a concensus for change' The government has backed down on changing the law on named guardians in family court proceedings. Ministers had been considering using parliamentary clauses in the Schools...
