Poorer pupils ‘may not be benefiting’ from funding given to schools to aid them
The Department for Education has ‘limited understanding’ of how schools are spending £9.2 billion of disadvantage-related funding, a report ...
‘Number on formal protection plans for child sexual abuse at 30-year record low’
The centre’s analysis found that local authority children’s services in England placed 2,160 children on child protection plans (CPPs) for sexual abuse in 2023/24. It said this was the lowest number ...
Cap on liabilities for spacecraft launches would boost jobs and investment – MP
Labour’s John Grady said current legislation is acting as a ‘deterrent’ to investors, and a legal cap would protect companies from costs.
3D bioprinter that makes human-like tissue ‘could speed up drug development’
A team led by experts from Newcastle University are behind the technology which helps produce tissues that are much closer models to humans.
Water fluoridation expansion given green light
The biggest expansion of water fluoridation in England since the 1980s is to go ahead, officials have announced. The Government estimates that the expansion of the water fluoridation programme across ...
MPs to debate Bill aimed at limiting harms of smartphone use among children
The Bill commits the Government to come back within a year on the question of raising ‘the digital age of consent’ from 13 to 16.
‘Tax on savers’ plan from Reeves could hit a million Scots – SNP
SNP economy spokesman Dave Doogan MP said: “The Labour Party must ditch its damaging plans to impose a punishing new tax on savers, which would clobber more than a million Scots and could cost many ...
Young people support stricter rules on social media
A new study says many young people regret the amount of time spent on their phones, and believe it causes more harm than good.
London boroughs which opposed Ulez expansion see biggest pollutant cut – study
London boroughs which opposed Sir Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) have seen the largest reductions in a harmful air pollutant because of the policy, according to a new ...
Patients have sense of smell restored thanks to surgery to treat long Covid
People who lost their sense of smell, and accompanying taste, because of long Covid, have had it restored thanks to nasal surgery. Experts at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ...