The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has called for further Government action to reduce poverty. A new report by the Foundation highlights how changes have helped low-income households, such as falling unemployment, rising school achievement and better housing, but calls for extra measures to raise the incomes of the poorest families. 

The education watchdog, OFSTED, found that temporary supply teachers teach a higher proportion of unsatisfactory or poor lessons than permanent teachers. In its report, Schools’ Use of Temporary Teachers, it reveals that two-thirds of secondary and one-third of primary schools rely on agency and other temporary teachers whose effectiveness is in doubt. 

Circle 33 Housing Association ran out of space and decided to install an electronic records system rather than get more accommodation. The decision went beyond space saving and brought a transformation of processes.