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What does wealth look like to you
What does wealth look like to you Whether it’s stopping smoking, losing weight, eating more healthily or getting fitter, most…
Retirees now have a whole host of new options
Retirees now have a whole host of new options The pension freedoms, introduced on 6 April 2015, have given retirees…
Parents praise head teacher who has cancelled all school holidays
Parents praise head teacher who has cancelled all school holidays An independent school in Shrewsbury has taken the ground-breaking step to cancel all school holidays – a move that has…
Primary school with budget deficit flies trustees to Ibiza for board meeting
Primary school with budget deficit flies trustees to Ibiza for board meeting An enquiry by the Education and Skills Funding Agency into a funding deficit at a free school in…
Unions’ call for teacher pay rise to help recruitment and retention crisis
Unions' call for teacher pay rise to help recruitment and retention crisis Four education unions are jointly letter calling for a “significant, above-inflation pay increase” for teachers. The NEU, NAHT,…
Lack of sponsors causing bottleneck in academy transfers
Lack of sponsors causing bottleneck in academy transfers Nearly two thirds of schools seeking academy transfers after being judge ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, are stuck in a bottleneck due to a lack of sponsors. According…
Academy schools warned they will lose funds following collapse of trust
Academy schools warned they will lose funds following collapse of trust Schools who moved their reserves into a centralised MAT fund have been told they…
Growing uncertainty over the future cost of care the main concern
Growing uncertainty over the future cost of care the main concern Increasingly, we read and hear about how the Bank of Mum and Dad is…
Nine out of ten employees continue to work even while being ill
Nine out of ten employees continue to work even while being ill Feeling ill? Well, staying at home would seem…
Lending soars at Bank of Mum and Dad
Lending soars at Bank of Mum and Dad The Bank of Mum and Dad has been branded as socially divisive and a symptom of Britain’s broken housing market as new figures reveal it is now…
Working into old age
Working into old age Britain is growing old, and not just proverbially. As the population is set to increase, the proportion of the population aged…
Mind the income gap
Mind the income gap When most people envision their retirement, positive images start forming. We may picture spending our days lounging on the beach, travelling, practising our favourite hobbies, or having free time to spend…
Financial fraud nets millions for organised crime scammers
Financial fraud nets millions for organised crime scammers Fraudulent get-rich-quick schemes are netting millions for organised crime. But investment scams…
Women say they will have £100,000 less in retirement than men
Women say they will have £100,000 less in retirement than men For women, the salary gap they face during their careers eventually turns into a…
Nearly half a million quit their careers in the last two years alone
Nearly half a million quit their careers in the last two years alone The decision to look after an elderly, ill or seriously disabled relative has been made by 2.6…