SIR – The hysterical faux outrage of opposition politicians about the school concrete crisis would be laughable if the subject were not so serious. The reality is that national and local politicians of all parties have for decades endorsed tender outcomes at local levels for a wide variety of public-sector …
Read More »DfE gave gambling firms access to childrens’ data
The details were located in the learning records service (LRS) database, which contains the full names, dates of birth, genders and other details for up to 28 million children and young people. Schools and higher education institutions use the database – run by the Education and Skills Funding Agency, an …
Read More »Covid patient numbers exceed April peak as Nightingale hospitals stand empty
T here are now more coronavirus patients in England’s hospitals than there were during the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, new figures show. As of 8am on Monday, there were 20,426 patients in the country’s NHS hospitals compared to the 18,974 patients recorded on April 12, NHS …
Read More »