Teachers’ union threatens legal action against free schools policy
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is contemplating legal actions against Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove’s free schools policy which the union believes is lacking transparency and promoting a culture of needless competition. The NUT says many free schools are being run in areas such as Wandsworth and Bristol that don’t require any new secondary schools, thus raising the question if at all Gove has interpreted the law…
UK unemployment set to grow over summer
Unemployment in the UK is set to rise further and will not fall for another 18 months, warns the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in a study, which estimates that more than 100,000 people in the country will lose their jobs by September. The IPPR think tank predicts that North-west and Eastern England, London, Yorkshire and Humberside will see the highest increases in joblessness, adding that West Midlands, Northern…
