Schools could stay shut after February half term

Michael Gove dealt another blow to parents today as he suggested schools could remain closed after the February half-term. In a stark warning this morning, the former education secretary hinted schools may open even later than expected if the government’s vaccination drive lags behind.   As England is placed in the grip of another lockdown, Mr Gove warned … Read more

Secondary school re-opening ‘WILL be delayed by at least an extra week’

Boris Johnson is expected to delay the opening of all England’s secondary schools for at least another week after pressure from SAGE scientists, ministers, teachers and unions to keep all students at home throughout January, it was revealed today. The Prime Minister is expected to announce the new extended schools lockdown after being accused of … Read more

Secondary school re-opening ‘WILL be delayed by at least an extra week’

Boris Johnson is expected to delay the opening of all England’s secondary schools for at least another week after pressure from SAGE scientists, ministers, teachers and unions to keep all students at home throughout January, it was revealed today. The Prime Minister is expected to announce the new extended schools lockdown after being accused of … Read more

Parents and teachers are begging Boris Johnson to make decision on reopening schools in January

A senior Tory today demanded Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance publish the data being used to pressure Boris Johnson into shutting schools until February amid warnings a third national lockdown would spark an ‘epidemic of educational poverty’ in Britain. Robert Halfon, chair of the Education Select Committee, has questioned whether the new mutant strain of … Read more

Parents and teachers are begging Boris Johnson to make decision on reopening schools in January

Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure from his split cabinet, teachers and unions to shut schools through January despite parents’ desperate pleas not to ‘cruelly’ rob their children of a classroom education after a year of immense disruption, it was revealed today. The Prime Minister is considering consigning millions of children to more ‘inadequate’ online … Read more

Fishermen receive ‘major funding package’ to help them take advantage of Brexit pledges Michael Gove

Fishermen will receive ‘a major funding package’ to help them take advantage of Brexit, Michael Gove pledges Cabinet Office minister insisted new trade agreement was ‘best possible deal’  Fishing leaders have accused Boris Johnson of betrayal for the compromise   Mr Gove said it gives the UK ‘control over who comes into our territorial waters’  By Daily … Read more

EU ambassadors unanimously approve Brexit trade deal

EU ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with the UK.  The move, announced by a spokesman for the German EU Council presidency, represents a significant step forward as Britain and Brussels prepare for an orderly divorce on December 31.  The ambassadors have given the deal, which covers £660billion … Read more

EU ambassadors unanimously approve Brexit trade deal

EU ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with the UK.  The move, announced by a spokesman for the German EU Council presidency, represents a significant step forward as Britain and Brussels prepare for an orderly divorce on December 31.  The ambassadors have given the deal, which covers £660billion … Read more

Micheal Gove defends Brexit trade deal after fishing backlash

Michael Gove today insisted the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal will put British fishermen in a ‘stronger position’ than they were in the EU but industry chiefs blasted they believe they will be ‘absolutely worse off’.  The Minister for the Cabinet Office defended the terms of Boris Johnson’s trade accord as he said fishermen will see … Read more

Micheal Gove defends Brexit trade deal after fishing backlash

Michael Gove today insisted the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal will put British fishermen in a ‘stronger position’ than they were in the EU but industry chiefs blasted they believe they will be ‘absolutely worse off’.  The Minister for the Cabinet Office defended the terms of Boris Johnson’s trade accord as he said fishermen will see … Read more