The government has spent £2.4m on influencers since July 2024
Which influencers got paid by the government Government departments have disclosed spending at least £2.4m on collaborations with social media influencers since July 2024, for campaigns from childcare advice to prison officer recruitment. From those figures, the Department for Education sticks out as it spent the most at more than £700,000, followed by HMRC at […]
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Deep-fried food is being banned from school dinners in England
What changes on the school dinners menu School dinners in England are getting their biggest overhaul in more than a decade, and the deep fat fryer is the headline casualty. Under a new framework of school food standards, deep-fried food will be banned outright, while fresh fruit and vegetables will be boosted, and fibre and […]
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Teachers warned against giving ‘woke’ lessons in classrooms
The Education Secretary said schools should not be encouraging kids to ‘pin their colours to a political mast’ Teachers are being warned not to communicate ‘woke’ ideas and push agendas on political issues in classrooms. In a new set of guidance on political impartiality in schools published on Thursday, the Department for Education has reiterated […]
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