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Posts Tagged ‘Michael Gove’

‘Get a handle on housing crisis,’ Mayor of London told

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 09:33
Sadiq Khan

Only 6,370 affordable homes have been started since 2023, despite Sadiq Khan promising at least 17,800 by next March

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Hackney to get just 16p per head in levelling-up funding as Labour says London’s poorest are ‘out in the cold’

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 3 February 2022 at 11:03

The capital ‘deserves support just as much as other parts of the UK’, says Sadiq Khan

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‘Levelling down London’: Hackney politicians admonish government over delays to funding reforms – with ‘frontline services at risk’

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 31 January 2022 at 11:12

Town Hall leaders call for clarity from Whitehall on plans to change how money is awarded to councils

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Government expectations for Town Hall Brexit preparations ‘not entirely clear’, says council

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 September 2020 at 19:29

No-deal Brexit ‘presents serious risks to councils and how they operate going forward,’ says report

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GCSE Results Day: Students across Hackney collect their grades

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 22 August 2019 at 12:27

We bring you the latest from the borough’s schools as they throw open their doors for the day

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GCSE results: Hackney students ‘excel yet again’ in face of major reforms

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 25 August 2017 at 11:39

Borough’s deputy mayor sings praises of students after they outperform national figures

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Hackney pupils pick up their GCSE results

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 24 August 2017 at 10:55

Follow the latest from schools as the first students to be impacted by new GCSE reforms open those all-important envelopes

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Orthodox Jews call for coroner’s removal in ongoing row over burials

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 6 January 2016 at 13:09

Stamford Hill group has ‘lost faith’ in coroner they claim delayed release of body of elderly holocaust survivor

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Former superhead wrongly appointed to DfE post due to ‘administrative error’

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 December 2015 at 17:13
Greg Wallace

Greg Wallace resigns from government advisory role after Department for Education alerted to ongoing investigation

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Leader – No sense in handcuffing dying prisoners

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 October 2015 at 16:16

The treatment of Sabri Karatas echoes several cases where the authorities have shown a lack of common sense and decency

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Religious leaders call on government to reinstate out of hours burial service

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 18 June 2015 at 13:48

Stamford Hill Rabbi tells Justice Secretary Michael Gove the community is ‘traumatised’ by burial delays

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Leader — Children pay for Gove’s tinkering

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 September 2014 at 13:49

Schools see mixed GCSE results amidst shifting goalposts

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Debate: Is Gove completely wrong?

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 June 2014 at 12:09

Blighty Coffee to host an open discussion on the merits of Michael Gove

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Forty-four Hackney schools closed as NUT teachers strike to defend ‘attacks on education’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 March 2014 at 11:27

Schools shut their doors for the day as teachers strike over pay, pension and working hours

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Pupils at Hackney’s Nightingale Primary School get cracking with code ahead of curriculum changes

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 5 March 2014 at 14:30

Coding can be like poetry, says teenage prodigy as students strive to emulate Zuckerberg and Jobs

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Hackney Council refuses to release report into alleged irregularities at Best Start federated schools

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 10 February 2014 at 10:32

Mystery still surrounds demise of Greg Wallace as ‘superhead’ of Best Start Federation primaries

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Hackney NUT slams Michael Gove during one-day strike

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 22 October 2013 at 12:55

Unions protest against ‘attack’ on education as government calls walk-out ‘disappointing’

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Urswick School bans packed lunches

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 July 2013 at 11:57

Free school meals offered instead following controversial advice picked up in bid to boost healthy eating

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Hackney NUT attacks Gove’s ‘madcap plan for school holidays’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 5 July 2013 at 11:46

Divisions locally over government proposals to scrap long summer breaks from 2015

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Education in brief

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 May 2013 at 16:17

Digital summer camp, new campus for Olympic Park and decline in number of children exercising

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