Ministers are under pressure to draw up stronger rules on how thoroughly schools must consult before becoming academies after a flurry of legal objections from parents. Under the Academies Act…

tCI Commentary: If you read last week’s newsletter, you’ll remember an article we wrote about attending a judicial review. Only a week later and the judgment has been handed down.…

tCI Commentary: Cynics should read this! It may not happen every day, but public consultations have the potential to make the difference far more frequently than is commonly thought. It…

Plans to bring breast cancer diagnosis back to Middlesbrough are finally being brought forward after a three-year “temporary” move to North Tees. Although the move to the University Hospital of…

A LONG-running dispute over maternity services has prompted NHS chiefs to admit that previous approaches to controversial changes have been wrong. Traditionally health leaders have come up with preferred options…

Ministers will not reduce the number of professional regulator bodies until further work and a second public consultation have been carried out. In a response to a 2017 consultation on…

Manchester Council have said they will revise the design of the Peterloo Memorial following an outcry from campaigners it was not accessible for disabled people. The memorial is being constructed…

Parents at a Catholic primary school have launched legal action in an attempt to halt academisation after the local bishop said he wanted all Catholic schools in the diocese to…

Plans to remove school transport for teenagers with special educational needs and disabilities have been paused by Leicestershire County Council. A judicial review was held earlier in the year to…