Gillian Keegan: Last News

The Education Secretary was caught on camera voicing her frustrations over coverage surrounding the potentially dangerous concrete in many British schools.

The Queen has suggested young advocates from a domestic abuse charity should host “pop-up shops” in schools to help their peers with important life issues. Camilla’s comments came when she met Changemakers from the charity SafeLives to hear about their work providing the perspective of the next generation in the organisation’s work.

Headteachers in Greater Manchester say the proposed ban on mobile phones in schools is 'a farce of an issue'.

Mobile phones will be banned in classrooms under new government rules, the Education Secretary will announce today (Monday October 2).

Sixty businesses have backed Andy Burnham's plans for technical education which the government has branded 'narrow' and 'unequal'. Microsoft, Heinz and the BBC are among the big employers to sign up to the mayor's scheme.

Humza Yousaf has said the number of schools identified with dangerous concrete has risen to forty.

An education minister has said that the government's response to the crumbling concrete crisis in schools has been 'world leading', despite ordering the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools in England just before the start of term.

Work has begun on several Greater Manchester schools affected by dangerous crumbly concrete as 'mitigating measures' are put in place.

Hundreds of UK schools could be built with dangerous 'crumbly concrete,' according to a government minister.

The Government has today confirmed plans for Eton College to launch a new sixth form in Oldham - and announced two new free schools will also open in Manchester. They are among 15 new free schools given the go-ahead in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country.

Adele and Amy Winehouse, with over 250million albums sold by its alumni.Now, after being touted earlier this year, it has been confirmed that the free-to-attend school will come to Yorkshire in 2026/27 as part of the BPI Education Academy Trust (BEAT).Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said: “My home city of Liverpool is famously the home of the Beatles, Mersey Beat and many more stars. Whether on stage, on screen, or behind the scenes, the North is full of creative talent.“This announcement will mean more young people will be able to reach their potential and follow in their footsteps, at the new BRIT School in the North.“We are broadening opportunities so more of our children can access this springboard to success in the UK’s growing creative industries.”Bradford was chosen as the location as a means to boost the city’s emerging creative economy.

Teachers in England are to stage fresh strikes in July amid their long-running dispute over pay.

Schools and colleges across the country are set to receive a share of £2.5 billion to upgrade their buildings, and create extra pupil places, the Government has announced.

Rishi Sunak has been branded "weak" and his judgement questioned after Gavin Williamson quit Cabinet following a number of bullying allegations.

Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis yesterday (May 18), two of his surviving bandmates – Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris of New Order – appeared in Parliament to discuss mental health and suicide prevention.Curtis took his own life in May 1980 after battling depression and epilepsy in his final years. In an event that was originally due to take place in 2020 to mark 40 years since his passing, but was delayed due to the COVID pandemic, a special talk and panel titled Suicide Prevention: Breaking The Silence took place in the Speaker’s House in Parliament.NME were invited along to the event hosted by Kerry McCarthy MP that was chaired by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

The health minister has said the government 'will not hesitate' to take further measures to tackle of the spread of Covid 'if it's required to keep people safe'.

A Tory MP and Government minister has admitted that if the nation had locked down earlier and shut its borders 'we would have had a lower death toll.'

Nightclubs could be shut until there is a coronavirus vaccine, a Tory minister hinted today as she admitted thousands of jobs will be lost for a "long time".