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Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds was unable to confirm whether the government’s upcoming industrial strategy will include ...
A Labour minister dodged six questions on one of her party’s key election pledges as she was skewered by Victoria Derbyshire.
It comes after reports that two in five universities and colleges in England expect to run at a deficit this year.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow by a former member of his party, after Jacqui Smith, Minister for Women and Equalities, appeared on BBC Newsnight in a "car crash ...
Jacqui Smith: People are feeling the unfairness of the system, which doesn’t help us with the type of coherent country that we are, cohesive country that we are. And that we want to continue being.
The skills minister has said there is “potential for further devolution” as she admitted to “tensions” with mayors over ...
Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith rejected the comparison, telling BBC Newsnight it was “wrong”. Meanwhile, other parties argued the Prime Minister’s proposals did not go far enough.
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said universities should focus on “the core mission of higher education, which is rooted here in Britain, its young people ...