Teacher in essex, says he did fill in the survey, but the governments policy on raac changed mid way through the process. I will tell you my comment about yesterdays comment. Its, well, hey, we arent all monks, are we . Weve probably all had our own discretions at times, but they arent always recorded. However, i quite like a compliment when i cook a nice dinner for my wife, but i usually fish for the compliment at the end of the meal, not before ive finished cooking it. So lets wait until we are at the end of this crisis and then well decide who deserves a thank you at the end. Thats really my take on it. With regard to the more recent comment that you just spoke about, well, i dont think that thats aimed at me particularly because i am a school that did fill out the questionnaire that then was then put in touch with the dfe and then the dfe kindly surveyed the school for us and kindly commissioned a report. That report is what identified the fact that we had raac. However, i think th
The Labour Run Council is struggling to pay off a huge bill for equal pay claims that dates back more than a decade. It has also had major issues with a new it system. Our Midlands Correspondent navteonhal is there. The first thing to say is that the city council here has not stopped functioning, it has a legal duty to provide Certain Services and they will continue, but this is a signal to government ofjust how dire the financial situation is here, and admission that the council here cannot pay its bills. The people i have spoken to around birmingham say they are worried about what the future may hold. But for those who have been watching the saga closely, in some ways today has felt inevitable. The pressure on this citys finances has been rising and rising, and europes biggest local authority is now in big trouble. The news that their council is, in effect, declaring itself bankrupt has left many People Living in birmingham shocked and angry. Oh my god, ive never heard of such a thin
Checks on borrowers, particularly those in financial difficulties, as a report by the regulator is published this morning. I will have more on that a little later. In Sport England are into the semi finals of the european championships. Jodie taylor scored the winner, as the Lionesses Beat france 1 0. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Todays the day of sunshine and showers, especially in central and Northern Areas. They will be fewer and further between them were yesterday. That leads us into a showery start to the week. Good morning. First, our main story thousands of extra Mental Health workers are to be recruited by the nhs in england. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, said the aim is to treat an extra one Million People by 2021. The Royal College of nursing has questioned how so many staff can be hired and trained in such a short space of time. Here is more from our Health Correspondent dominic hughes. Ministers in england have already acknowledged the treatment offered to