NAO Report on Local Government Financial Sustainability

This NAO report focuses on Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government as the department responsible for the framework within which local authorities operate, and provides transparency over the current position of local government finances. By examining...

DfE Publishes Lifelong Learning Entitlement Overview

The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) is designed to transform the post-18 student finance system to create a single funding system by replacing higher education student finance loans and Advanced Learner Loans. From September 2026, learners will be able to apply...

Did the Education Maintenance Allowance Improve Outcomes?

A recording and summary of an online event from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) presenting findings of a new report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which shows the effect of the rollout of the EMA in England on both short- and long-run outcomes for...

Young NEETs Figure Approaches 1m

The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex. This shows that the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) is close to...

National Careers Week 2025 3rd – 8th March

National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop...