John Ashmore & Matt Foster

Department for Education falling short on teacher recruitment, says National Audit Office
10 Feb 2016 Education
Department for Education falling short on teacher recruitment, says National Audit Office

Spending watchdog finds DfE has a "weak understanding" of the scale of local shortages and how to resolve them – but department says UK now has the "most highly qualified teaching workforce in history"
Government suffers first Commons defeat over EU referendum purdah rules
08 Sep 2015 Foreign Affairs
Government suffers first Commons defeat over EU referendum purdah rules

More than 30 Tories side against government to defeat change to rules on use of official resources in run-up to the European Union vote