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NASUWT: Focus on standards not structure "welcome and refreshing"

Commenting on the speech delivered by Stephen Twigg, Shadow Secretary of State for Education, to the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts (RSA) today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said:

BFAWU: Leading economist calls for end to austerity

Leading economist tells BFAWU activists to pressure Labour to dump cuts rhetoric in favour of investment.

BFAWU: Ed Miliband must "put clear blue water" between Labour and Tories

BFAWU leader calls on Labour leader Ed Miliband to put clear “blue water” between the Labour Party and the Conservatives, warning that support for from the trade unions for Labour “must be reciprocated.”

NUT: Labour’s Interim Report on Further Education

Commenting on the report Talent Matters – Why England Needs a New Approach to Skills, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said:

NASUWT issues a challenge to political parties

The NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, has issued a challenge to political parties through a ground-breaking new report ‘Maintaining World Class Schools’.

BHA responds to High Court judgement in bus adverts case

The High Court has today ruled that Transport for London (TfL) was acting lawfully in banning the Core Issues Trust’s proposed advert because it would “cause grave offence” to those who were gay. The judge ruled Boris Johnson did not abuse his position as chairman of TfL when he imposed the ban. The British Humanist Association welcome the decision.

Unite: Ed Miliband delivers 'on your side speech'

Ed Miliband has delivered a 'Key' speech on the economy and drawn the dividing line for the election in 2015 say Unite.

Voice: Regulation Matters Campaign meets Shadow Education Minister

Members of the Regulation Matters Campaign met Shadow Minister for Children and Families Sharon Hodgson MP on 29 January 2013 to discuss their concerns about the home childcare workforce. The campaigners are particularly concerned about nannies, who currently fall outside childcare and early years legislation and were not mentioned in the Government’s announcement on its childcare plans, More Great Childcare.

TACT: Labour conference fringe event - children in care and their forgotten human rights

Come along to our fringe event at the Labour Party Conference. This is being held jointly with The Who Cares? Trust and the topic for discussion is the human rights of children in care.

ABI: Labour pension reform policy has "back of an envelope feel about it"

Responding to the Labour policy document on pension reform, Otto Thoresen, Director General, Association of British Insurers said:

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David and Ed Miliband's courteous rivalry appears to have broken out into full-blown fight for the Labour leadership.

The two front runners' truce disintegrated after David gave a speech calling for Labour to not retreat into its 'comfort zone' on the left, seen as a direct attack on Ed Miliband, who has recently been attracting the greater media attention.

The younger Miliband responded to his sibling's attack with a cutting attack on New Labour, which David Miliband is seen to represent.

Even for committed followers of politics, the contest, in which Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and Dianne Abbott are also standing, had been largely uninspiring. This week's hostilities are a sign it is hotting up before ballot papers are mailed out, however.

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