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03/02/2012 DfE spokesman defends academy schools
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a staunch defence of the government's ambitious academies policy after a research expert suggested that the schools were benefitting from encouraging young people to study 'lesser' GCSEs. According to school improvement expert Dr Terry Wrigley, as many as 68 per cent of academies rely more heavily vocational GCSEs than the average state school. ...
03/02/2012 Head of Student Loans Company to have tax loophole closed
Government ministers have confirmed that Ed Lester, the head of the Student Loans Company, will have tax and National Insurance payments deducted from his £182,000 pay package in future. That's after it was revealed recently that Mr Lester has been able to get away with paying a significant proportion of his income tax due to a loophole. Despite this, business secretary Vince Cable has defen...

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