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The Tories need to return to the drawing board on the Ebacc – Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to the publication of the consultation response to the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc), said:

“The Tories have dragged their feet for months on releasing the responses to this consultation and it is clear why.

“It is essential that children have a firm grip of the core subjects at school, but it is just as important that all children have access to a broad and balanced curriculum which over two thirds of respondents highlighted is at threat under the Ebacc.

“The Tories need to return to the drawing board on the Ebacc and make sure it is delivering the excellent, well-rounded education all children deserve.

“If they were serious about delivering a broad and balanced curriculum for schools they would not be cutting their budgets or imposing a cap on public sector pay that makes it impossible for schools to recruit and retain the staff that they need.”

July 19, 2017 GovWorldMagLabourLabour • Labour Party

Opening remarks of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans: College readout on grave concerns about the clear risks for independence of the judiciary in Poland

As you know, the Commission already concluded in our 2016 Recommendations that there is a systemic threat to the rule of law in Poland. Let me recall that the Commission’s concerns are shared equally by the European Parliament and the … read more

July 19, 2017 GovWorldMagEU

Statement to Parliament: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund 2016 to 2017 and settlement for 2017 to 2018: written ministerial statement

Third annual statement on how the government supports national security by preventing and resolving conflict, building and keeping peace. read more

July 19, 2017 GovWorldMagMODMinistry of Defence • MOD

Press release: Anglers handed fines by court for fishing illegally in Telford

The 2 men were caught fishing without a rod licence by Environment Agency officers. read more

July 19, 2017 GovWorldMagEnvironment Agency

Under the Tories working people will continue to suffer from falling living standards – John McDonnell

John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to the IFS Living standards report, said:

“Today’s findings are a damning indictment of seven wasted years of Tory economic failure. The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) confirmed that working people face a crisis in living standards.

“With wages still lower than they were in 2010 and income inequality and child poverty set to increase to over 5 million, it is clear that under the Tories working people will continue to suffer from falling living standards. This is at the same time as official statistics show that wealth inequality has increased, with the wealth of the poorest falling while the wealth of those at the top has increased.

“Only Labour has a proper plan to raise working people’s living standards by delivering for the many, not the few, with the introduction of a Real Living Wage of £10 an hour, scrapping the public sector pay cap and reversing cuts to Universal Credit.”