MP calls for all workplaces to have domestic abuse policies to support survivors
Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson responded by saying there is more employers can do and more the Government can do to ...
Tories press the Government to clarify the definition of sex
Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho has pressed the Government to clarify the definition of sex. Equalities minister ...
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Government supports ‘single-sex exemptions’ based on biological sex – Phillipson
“We will make sure that providers can continue to support single-sex exemptions,” equalities minister Bridget Phillipson told ...
Bridget Phillipson calls on schools to make pupils feel welcome
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has called on schools to be welcoming to tackle the country’s absence epidemic.
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The next chapter: Freddie Whittaker interviews Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson was appointed education secretary in July following Labour’s landslide general election victory. She spoke ...
Hampshire: Strikes at three Hampshire colleges announced
Strike dates for three Hampshire colleges have been announced if staff pay and funding issues cannot be resolved. The National Education Union (NEU) has asked its members at Barton Peveril Sixth Form ...
Stop focusing on exam results, Education Secretary tells schools
Schools must stop focusing solely on exam results and spend more time making pupils feel like they “belong”, Bridget ...
Calls to scrap Shakespeare from schools are slapped down by the Education Secretary
A FRESH push to scrap Shakespeare from schools has been slapped down by the Education Secretary. Bridget Phillipson blasted a ...
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Phillipson ‘open’ to academies returning to council oversight
Phillipson confirmed the government was looking at letting councils open schools again, as first revealed by Schools Week in September. More details on how the government will “smooth the differences ...