In September 2019, education secretary Gavin Williamson announced that schools rated “outstanding” by Ofsted would lose their exemption from routine inspections.

Following the publication of our Special Report into Holiday Hunger, we contacted the Department for Education. Enclosed below is the response from Michelle Donelan MP, Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families.

The Group COO highlights the unique value of OOH at this moment in time.

The BBC was founded almost a century ago with a simple mission: to inform, educate and entertain. Today, the BBC enhances the lives of almost everyone in the UK – around 40 million people use it every day, and more than 90 per cent of adults every week. Its global services now reach over 425 million people worldwide. Director-General of the BBC Lord Tony Hall discusses the increasingly important role of the BBC for the UK.

Executive Chairman Chris Plenderleith heads up the Leith Planning Group, a boutique town planning consultancy with offices in Lancashire and London that operates internationally. Having worked in the sector for over 30 years, Chris knows that politics plays a major role in the planning process and that uncertainty is a fact of life. He believes, however, that its effects could be reduced were government to adopt a more agile approach. For this to succeed, there are three major practical qu...