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Eight million Britons working part-time to beat the slump

11.08.10
Record 7.84 million Britons are working part-time as the UK struggles to pull itself out of recession... more

Bounty hunters to catch benefit cheats 'is Big Brother state'

10.08.10
David Cameron under attack from civil liberties groups as he outlined radical plans to hire 'bounty hunters' to tackle benefit fraudsters... more

£750,000 cost of shutting Jobcentre

17.03.10
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Unemployed over-50s failing to get jobs again, says TUC

16.03.10
Older workers are stuck in the dole queue after losing their jobs in the recession, a report warns... more

Job losses may start rising again, warn unions

17.02.10
Union leaders describe the labour market as “still fragile” as the Government hopes for signs of jobs recovery in new unemployment figures... more

Job cuts 'to double with public sector badly hit'

15.02.10
Job losses will double as cuts spread to the public sector, according to a report... more

90 per cent rise in women claiming dole as recession takes toll in London suburbs

18.01.10
Women in London have been hardest hit by the recession with a 90 per cent increase in the number claiming the dole since the credit crisis hit, the Standard has found... more

Victims of the white collar recession as professionals sign on the dole

13.11.09
Unemployment is spiralling among white collar workers in the capital as the new number of professionals signing on to the dole leaps... more

300,000 homes get £20,000 in welfare benefits

12.11.09
More than 300,000 families receive welfare benefits of more than £20,000 a year, latest figures reveal... more

Stop ignoring my advice on racism at work or I quit, says taskforce boss

07.09.09
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City workers' fast-track to teaching attracts just 90 applicants

10.08.09
Flagship Government scheme to turn city workers into teachers in six months has attracted 90 applicants... more

Education ministers 'in a time warp' as headteachers prepare for a Sats boycott

01.05.09
Headteachers accused ministers of "declaring war" on schools by refusing to abolish Sats, amid fears of another marking fiasco within weeks... more

Balls ‘sexed up’ evidence to discredit me, says Sats head

22.04.09
The former exams watchdog has launched a devastating attack on Children’s Secretary Ed Balls over his handling of the Sats marking fiasco... more

Schools may sue over A-level funding cuts

08.04.09
Schools are threatening to sue the Government over funding cuts that could deny 50,000 pupils sixth-form places this year... more

Basic maths and English test dropped

02.04.09
Ministers have abandoned plans to raise standards in basic maths and English — 24 hours after figures showed thousands of children were failing to master the “three Rs”... more

Teacher training in six months is 'just a gimmick'

10.03.09
Ministers faced a backlash over their plans to allow City workers made redundant to become teachers within six months... more

Tories warn of maths 'apartheid'

02.02.09
David Cameron warned of an increasing "apartheid" between private and state schools as he unveiled plans to overhaul maths teaching across Britain... more

Compulsory sex lessons at the age of five

23.10.08
Children as young as five will be taught about sex, drugs and alcohol in compulsory lifestyle lessons, ministers announced... more

70 failing schools to be turned into academies

17.10.08
Up to 70 failing schools on a government hit list will be shut and turned into privately-backed academies within two years... more

Less than half of 16-year-olds meet key GCSE targets

16.10.08
More teenagers left school this year unable to read, write and add up, figures show... more

Brown's £45bn schools rebuild project delayed

14.10.08
Gordon Brown's £45 billion plan to rebuild every secondary school in England is years behind schedule, figures reveal... more

More than a third of teenage boys fail their reading Sats

12.08.08
Soaring numbers of teenage boys are falling behind in reading, test results show... more

Teachers must be on the lookout for gangs, warns minister

08.08.08
Children face gang-related bullying in schools where criminal elements have infiltrated the playground, schools minister Jim Knight has warned... more

Sharp fall in number of 11-year-olds reaching higher grades in Sats

05.08.08
State schools were accused of failing the brightest children after figures showed a shock fall in the number of 11-year-olds scoring top grades in Sats... more

'Sign for diploma and you'll earn £1m'

01.08.08
Teenagers will earn more than £1 million if they agree to sign up for the Government's new school diplomas, according to official advice... more

Children can check in to Asda for extra learning

27.06.08
Parents in Bexleyheath will soon be able to drop off their children for school lessons at their local Asda store... more

Top schools told: Make space for more pupils

12.06.08
Popular schools are to be forced to expand under moves to make it easier for parents to gain admission for their children... more

Schools facing flood of appeals as 5,000 lose out

05.03.08
Thousands of children in London are facing an agonising wait over Easter after being rejected by their chosen secondary schools... more

Appeal to get first choice secondary, say ministers

04.03.08
The government is urging parents who do not like the secondary school they have been offered to appeal... more

Thousands of 14-year-olds fail to reach school targets

28.02.08
Tens of thousands of pupils make little or no progress in the three Rs in the first years at secondary school, government figures show... more

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