Planned switch from GCSEs to Baccalaureate in England 'abandoned'
Plans to scrap GCSEs in key subjects in England and replace them with English Baccalaureate Certificates are being abandoned by the government.
The reversal was announced by the education secretary in the Commons, alongside curriculum changes.
Michael Gove said plans for the new exams had been "a bridge too far".
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Friday, February 08, 2013
(Brit) SocialMedia: 'U-turn' over scrapping of GCSEs
Friday, November 02, 2012
i-thorts' i-Politics: Welfare Cuts? - Not In Our Back Yard!
BBC reported (Child benefit 'nimbys' accused) that Middle-classes are fuming at the thought of losing some (or all) child-benefit one parent is earning from £50,000 to £60,000 and over. (Families of three children could loose £4,000.)
This comes after poorer couples (working under 24 hour a week between them) lost up to £100 week (£5,200 a year) in working tax from this April ... and no one battered an eye or even seemed to report it. These are families on minimum wage, earning under £6,000.
Thursday, September 06, 2012
A Further Drop in High Street Sales
reblogged from i-thorts' i-Politics
Morrisons, being the 4th largest supermarket, isn't the only casualty recently hit by the UK Recession.
"Co-operative Group profits fall by a third"
Last updated Thu 23 Aug 2012-ITV NEWS - Tweet 8:07am, Thu 23 Aug 2012
The report by (ITV News a couple of weeks ago) that the Co-operative Group profits fell by one third - due to food sales suffering aggressive competition from other supermarkets - while the banking arm was also struck by the double-dip.
British Supermarkets Suffers
Drop in Consumer Sales
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| Consumer Spending (Photo credit: 401(K) 2012) |
"Supermarket chain Morrisons has reported a dip in sales and profits, blaming the continued pressures on consumer spending... Chief executive Dalton Philips said the figures reflected 'sustained pressure on consumer spending'." - Morrisons sales and profits fall BBC News.
Morrisons, being the 4th largest supermarket, isn't the only casualty recently hit by the UK Recession.
"Co-operative Group profits fall by a third"Last updated Thu 23 Aug 2012-ITV NEWS - Tweet 8:07am, Thu 23 Aug 2012
The report by (ITV News a couple of weeks ago) that the Co-operative Group profits fell by one third - due to food sales suffering aggressive competition from other supermarkets - while the banking arm was also struck by the double-dip.
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