The social services boss fired after ‘blowing the whistle on grooming’: Chief seeks £1.4m settlement after being sacked when she raised concerns with her seniors

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Mail on Line 25 September 2017   Tom Payne and Simon Trump for the Daily Mail Maggie Siviter, 56, told a tribunal that boys and girls were plied with drugs The former safeguarding head says she was…

Schools warned over invitation to Katie Hopkins

Teaching union officials and the Scottish Government have issued a warning to schools after it emerged that controversial TV personality Katie Hopkins has been booked to address pupils at Scottish state schools as part of a nationwide public speaking tour. … Continue reading →

Secrecy claims around Wakefield City Academies Trust demise

Parents and politicians claim they have been kept in the dark over the collapse of an academy trust which ran 21 schools across Yorkshire. Just days into the new term, Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) announced it was giving up … Continue reading →

Halt universal credit now and put in a safety net, critics say

Ministers have come under renewed pressure to pause their universal credit welfare scheme after their former social integration adviser said that its introduction would lead to claimants effectively “jumping over a cliff”. Dame Louise Casey, the former head of the … Continue reading →

The Week That Was – Last Weeks Top Ten 30th September 2017

Last Weeks Top Ten 30th September 2017 When a wheel fell off Emma Hoddinotts bandwagon Emma Hoddinott’s travel baggage Testament to Emma’s success? Chris Read and Emma Hoddinott Slagging off Labour supporters The Emma and Chris posts – the rest … Continue reading →

Academy trusts spend millions on uninspected private alternative provision

Multi-academy trusts spend three times as much on private alternative provision as they do on local authority alternative provision – even though many private providers have never been checked by Ofsted. Schools Week asked the largest multi-academy trusts to give … Continue reading →

Henry Bolton elected UKIP leader

Henry Bolton has been elected UKIP leader – the party’s fourth leader in just over a year. The former soldier, who saw off a challenge from anti-Islam campaigner Anne Marie Waters, won with 30% of the vote. He told the … Continue reading →

UKIP prepares to name new leader after bitter contest

UKIP will unveil its new leader on Friday at its party conference in Torquay, after a contest that has turned into a battle for the soul of the party. “It’s more intense, vicious and dirtier than it’s ever been,” says … Continue reading →

Yorkshire officer in probe of paedophile rock star Ian Watkins is named

A police sergeant who retired part-way through a four-year investigation into South Yorkshire Police officers failing to act on evidence that rock star Ian Watkins was a paedophile has accidentally been publicly named by a police watchdog. ‘How attitudes of … Continue reading →

Rotherham abuse: Man charged with nine sex offences

A MAN has been charged with rape and sexual assault as part of the National Crime Agency’s investigation into historic child abuse in Rotherham – dubbed Operation Stovewood. Darren Hyett (44), of Broom Chase, Rotherham, has been charged with three … Continue reading →