Education secretary under fire for opening 'Pandora's box' on concrete crisis
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has come under fire from colleagues for her "unilateral" decision to determine which school buildings need to close as part of the concrete crisis, Sky News has learned.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has backed JK Rowling saying “biological sex matters” after Rowling described several transgender women as men in a series of tweets online.
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The Education Secretary says she is "confident" that the Government will deliver its pledge to expand funded childcare for working families in England. Gillian Keegan says the Government is "on track" to deliver the first phase of its rollout next week to 150,000 working parents of two-year-olds. The cabinet minister also warns the Labour Party could put the expansion plan "at risk" if it wins the forthcoming general election. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Responding to the record numbers of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel, Gillian Keegan blames Labour for slowing the progress of the government’s Rwanda Bill. The education secretary says, "It is now stuck in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, held up by Labour MPs and Labour peers.” Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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The Department for Education (DfE) has instructed over 104 schools and colleges to either close or partially close buildings that have been constructed using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. The..
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
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