by Ben Simpson | Dec 1, 2025 | Budget 2025: IN FOCUS, Education, In Focus
On Wednesday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered the second budget of the current Labour government, pledging millions into the education sector. Last year, billions were divided into facets like the School Rebuilding Programme and the expansion of...
by Leah Massingham | Nov 26, 2025 | Budget 2025: IN FOCUS, East Riding of Yorkshire, Health, In Focus, North Yorkshire, Politics, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
The government will announce its Budget today, setting out how it plans to raise and spend public money over the next year. Although the statement takes place in Westminster, the decisions made will have a direct effect on services, jobs and daily life across...
by Ben Simpson | Nov 16, 2025 | Education, In Focus, In Focus Top Story
MPs are shaping plans to discuss and examine Chinese government interference in education, as part of a larger inquiry into the UK’s strategy in Beijing. This comes after great pressure towards ministers to take action, after news last week that Sheffield Hallam...
by Ben Simpson | Nov 10, 2025 | Education, In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The mother of murdered teenager Harvey Willgoose is launching a campaign to fund every secondary school in Sheffield for access to ‘bleed kits.’ Caroline Willgoose has partnered with Binning Knives Saves Lives among other CIC’s, businesses that...
by Ben Simpson | Oct 28, 2025 | Education, In Focus
The University and College Union have submitted more strike notices, outlining their intent to strike for four weeks, commencing the 17th November. The last strikes within the University of Sheffield happened at the beginning of May, and ended with an offer from the...
