Month: March 2018

'There are many pieces of work that are going too slowly. It is important that we know if the Government cannot contain its current workload' Via: Investigation signalled into number of unfinished public consultations

President seen as potential saviour as people direct rage over toxic dumps towards local officialsThe stench from the Yadrovo landfill is bearable only when it is downwind. When the breeze shifts, the fumes become overpowering, a mix of petrol fumes and a noxious sulphur smell that powers its way into Read more…

British master calls Johns painting False Start ‘ridiculous’ and Warhol’s works ‘very bad’They are two of the most revered American pop artists of the 20th century, but Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol were a source of derision for Francis Bacon, according to previously unheard recordings released to the Guardian.The British Read more…

Government has been criticised for unambitious target to halve rough sleeping by 2022 – and eliminate it only by 2027 Via: £30m fund to cut number of rough sleepers in UK announced, after criticism of soaring numbers

'We have had responsible ministers from all parties who have pushed the act – an amazing amount of consensus compared to the US or Australia' Via: Climate Change Act must set 'net zero' emissions target by 2020, experts say

Failure to tackle excessive salaries and weak rules governing related party business deals highlighted by reportThe government has come under fire over a series of shortcomings in its oversight of academies, including a failure to address excessive salaries paid to senior staff and inadequate rules governing related party business transactions Read more…

Nearly half of teachers surveyed by NASUWT said number of children on roll had significantly increased in past five yearsPupils are being taught in temporary classrooms in cramped and crumbling school buildings which are struggling to accommodate booming class sizes, according to a survey of teachers.Staff who responded to the Read more…

'Too often academy chains are falling short of high standards of governance, accountability and financial management and the Department for Education is too slow to react' Via: Academy trusts use public money to pay 'unjustifiably' high salaries to bosses, MPs warn