Folkestone West County Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed the statement by Kent County Council Leader Paul Carter on Kent Schools and Academy status. Previously, Mr Cater had advised all schools to consider academy status, but in a letter to school governors issued today, he changed that position.
Before you break up for the summer holidays for some well-earned rest and relaxation, I thought it would be helpful if I dropped you a line to clarify Kent County Council's, and my own, thoughts on academy status.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron joined Cumbrian teaching assistants Hilary Robinson and Sue Ireland as they met senior Government officials in the latest stage of the campaign to win justice for their cause.
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that South Lakeland District Council has completed the process on its first empty dwelling management order - bringing an empty and derelict property in Kendal back into use.
Following a petition by parents, and pressure from the Liberal Democrats in the debating chamber, Wiltshire's Conservatives have slammed the brakes on their programme of cuts for buses going to Denominational Schools .
A care watchdog has reported a "systemic failure to protect people" at a hospital where alleged abuse was secretly filmed by the BBC. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) published its findings after an inspection of Winterbourne View near Bristol. The review was ordered after BBC Panorama filmed patients being pinned down, slapped and taunted.