Surge in eye-catching policies from Starmer as January draws to a close
Keir Starmer took a significant risk this week by calling for critical workers to be vaccinated as a…
School closures
School closures row escalates as anxieties mount over Christmas bubbles
Bumping up London, along with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire, to Tier 3 could not wait until the…
England lockdown sparks Tory infighting and Labour tensions over schools
Where were you when you found out about England’s second national lockdown? It could have been tweets about…
How local government has responded to Covid-19: children’s services
My first piece in this series on the local government response to Covid-19 set out some of the…
We must end the rich-poor tech divide to help deprived children
Today marks the start of a new school term. As it stands, this term will be one in…
With schools closed, we must plan to protect the mental health of children and young people
Schools across the country closed their doors to most of their students last week. This is clearly the…
What it’s like to be a school teacher during the coronavirus crisis
Teaching, the saying goes, is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. Over the last week, the government has…
School closures, childcare costs and tenants hung out to dry
Developments are unfolding ever more quickly. It has now been decided that schools and nurseries will close from…
