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Robert Halfon" Boris Johnson now needs a military-style plan to keep every child in school
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Robert Halfon
Coronavirus
COVID-19
School reopening
Jan 2, 2022
BBC Breakfast’s Luxmy Gopal blasted by Robert Halfon in mask debate
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Robert Halfon
Face masks
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Omicron
Jan 2, 2022
Robert Halfon: Boris Johnson shouldn’t be thinking about Plan B or Plan C, there should only be a Plan KSO – Keep Schools Open
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Covid safety
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Robert Halfon
Dec 14, 2021
Robert Halfon warns 100,000 'ghost children' are at risk of abuse after failing to return to school following Covid lockdown
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Robert Halfon
Lockdown
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Vulnerable
Dec 7, 2021
Britain needs a Rolls Royce education system, says Robert Halfon
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Oct 23, 2021
Act now to reform education or a generation of ghost children will be pandemic’s haunting legacy
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Robert Halfon
Education recovery
Catch up tuition
School attendance
Pupil absence
Jun 30, 2021
Labour to force Commons vote on ‘totally insufficient’ schools catch-up funding
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Sir Kevan Collins
Robert Halfon
Kate Green
Labour
School funding
Jun 6, 2021
School day extension still being considered
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School day
Boris Johnson
Robert Halfon
Jun 4, 2021
Robert Halfon: 5 changes to transform prison education
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Robert Halfon
Prison education
May 21, 2021
Schools ‘must reopen after half term’ MPs warn Boris Johnson
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School reopening
Robert Halfon
Boris Johnson
Jan 24, 2021
The future of education: school’s outmoded and it’s time to rewrite the rules
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Gavin Williamson
Robert Halfon
Jan 10, 2021
Pressure mounts on Williamson after BTec exams reversal
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Gavin Williamson
BTECs
Exams
Robert Halfon
Jan 5, 2021
Robert Halfon Why we must stop prioritise education
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Robert Halfon
School reopening
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Jan 5, 2021
Vaccinate teachers during closures so schools can re-open ASAP, says Halfon
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Vaccinations
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Robert Halfon
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Jan 5, 2021
Huge shambles: Top Tory on government schools policy
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Robert Halfon
Policy
Lockdown
Coronavirus
School closures
Jan 5, 2021
The Guardian view on schools: ministers outclassed by teachers
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NEU
Robert Halfon
Jan 3, 2021
Committee Chair Robert Halfon comments on Prime Minister’s speech on the Lifetime Skills Guarantee
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Lifetime Skills Guarantee
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Robert Halfon
Sep 29, 2020
Halfon: No algorithm if second wave hits exams in 2021
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Robert Halfon
Ofqual
Aug 30, 2020
Past 6 months 'a national disaster for education'
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Coronavirus
Robert Halfon
Aug 25, 2020
Robert Halfon: the chair of the Education Select Committee on the impact of COVID-19
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Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Jul 25, 2020
Halfon: College students should get summer food support
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Robert Halfon
Coronavirus
Student support
Colleges
Free meals
Jun 26, 2020
Robert Halfon: Boris the Bold has scored a winning goal for millions by listening to Rashford’s heroic free school meals plea
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Coronavirus
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Robert Halfon
Jun 16, 2020
Robert Halfon: I believe that every 16- to 25-year-old should be guaranteed an apprenticeship to rocket-boost our skills nation
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Robert Halfon
Apprenticeship training
Skills
May 27, 2020
Unpaid school fees should not hinder grades, says education secretary
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School fees
Exam grades
Gavin Williamson
Robert Halfon
May 2, 2020
Robert Halfon: A response to some open letters
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Feb 19, 2020
Halfon: FE must recognise ‘step forward’ in funding even if it’s not a ‘giant leap’
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Robert Halfon
FE funding
Jan 31, 2020
Plight of SEND families shames me, admits Halfon
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Robert Halfon
SEND
Special needs
Jan 31, 2020
Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Jan 27, 2020
Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Jan 27, 2020
Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Jan 27, 2020
MATs are 'like big corporations', says leading Tory
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MATs
Robert Halfon
Jan 20, 2020
Halfon seeks re-election as chair of education committee
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Education Committee
Robert Halfon
Dec 19, 2019
Halfon to seek re-election as education committee chair
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Education Committee
Robert Halfon
Dec 19, 2019
The Guardian view on special needs education: restore confidence in a failing system | Editorial
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Special needs
Robert Halfon
DfE
Oct 27, 2019
The lifelong learning inquiry: why is it needed?
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Lifelong learning
Robert Halfon
Jul 11, 2019
Halfon: Create an adult education centre in every town
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Robert Halfon
Adult education
Jul 10, 2019
Let's consider the 'hard choices' that will need to be made as the money runs out
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AELP
Apprenticeship levy
Damian Hinds
Robert Halfon
Anne Milton
Jun 29, 2019
Interview: Robert Halfon, chair of the education select committee
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Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
May 21, 2019
House of Commons short of public sector apprenticeships target
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Apprenticeship training
Robert Halfon
Apprentice recruitment
Apprenticeship starts
Mar 29, 2019
‘Crazy’ quality assurance system for apprenticeships should be handed over to Ofqual says Halfon
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Quality assurance
Robert Halfon
EQA
EPAs
Mar 18, 2019
'Let's replace GCSEs and A levels with a diploma'
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GCSEs
A-levels
Diplomas
Robert Halfon
Mar 17, 2019
'Social enterprises are picking up the slack for underfunding'
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Charities
Robert Halfon
Mar 2, 2019
Halfon’s ‘reckless’ plan to scrap GCSEs a ‘non-starter’, says baccalaureate fan
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GCSEs
Robert Halfon
Feb 16, 2019
Halfon’s call to replace GCSEs and A-levels with ‘holistic baccalaureate’ denounced as ‘reckless’
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GCSEs
Robert Halfon
Feb 16, 2019
Committee Chair comments on Government response to report on apprenticeships
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Robert Halfon
Ofsted inspections
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Dec 20, 2018
Pressure mounts on Hinds to explain £500m apprenticeship ‘alleged overspend’
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IfA
Institute for Apprenticeships
Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Dec 18, 2018
Careers and Enterprise Company ‘ludicrously wasteful’
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Education Select Committee
Careers and Enterprise Company
Robert Halfon
Dec 3, 2018
Halfon blasts Careers and Enterprise Company for their ‘magic money tree’
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Careers and Enterprise Company
Robert Halfon
Funding
Careers guidance
Dec 3, 2018
Halfon: Give schools their own NHS-style 10 year plan
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Nov 4, 2018
Educate all pupils about menstrual wellbeing, MPs say
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PHSE
Damian Hinds
Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Consultations
Relationships education
Oct 24, 2018
Letter from Robert Halfon to Damian Hinds re consultation on the introduction of compulsory PHSE
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PHSE
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Education Committee
Robert Halfon
Damian Hinds
Relationships education
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Oct 24, 2018
Robert Halfon: Haters of Pepper the robot, don't be so stuffy
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AI
Artificial intelligence
Robert Halfon
Education Committee
EdTech
Robots
STEM
Oct 24, 2018
'Tories must guarantee every young person an apprenticeship'
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Robert Halfon
Apprenticeships Scheme
Oct 21, 2018
Letter from Robert Halfon to Phillip Hammond re FE funding
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Robert Halfon
FE funding
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Philip Hammond
Education Committee
AoC
SFCA
NUS
Oct 16, 2018
Halfon calls for FE funding boost
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Robert Halfon
Funding
Education Committee
Autumn budget
Education spending
Oct 15, 2018
Education committee chair urges chancellor to increase core FE funding
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Funding
Education spending
Autumn budget
Oct 15, 2018
Robert Halfon urges Chancellor to act on further education funding dip
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Education Committee
Robert Halfon
Funding
Treasury
Oct 15, 2018
Degree apprenticeships a ‘concern’, says skills minister
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Anne Milton
Degree apprenticeships
Robert Halfon
Conservatives
IfA
Oct 5, 2018
Cross-party effort to save state-maintained nursery schools
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Robert Halfon
Sep 16, 2018
DfE in firing line with former skills minister for ‘misrepresentation’ and 'discourtesy'
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DfE
Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Apprenticeships
Aug 23, 2018
Robert Halfon calls for Home Secretary to add teaching to shortage occupation list
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Teacher shortage
Teacher recruitment
Skills shortage
Jul 25, 2018
Correspondence from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership regarding education in the north (23 July 2018)
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Northern Powerhouse
Robert Halfon
North-south divide
Jul 24, 2018
Correspondence from the Secretary of State regarding education in the north (15 June 2018)
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Damian Hinds
Robert Halfon
Northern Powerhouse
North-south divide
Jul 24, 2018
Letter to Robert Halfon from Nadhim Zahawi re the Life Chances Inquiry
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Nadhim Zahawi
Life chances
Inquiry
EYFSP
Jul 18, 2018
Rob Halfon: Supporting people’s life chances should be at the very front of all our thinking
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Life chances
Robert Halfon
Jul 9, 2018
Ex-minister calls subcontracting fees ‘scandalous’, but DfE has ‘no concerns’
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DfE
Robert Halfon
ESFA
Jul 6, 2018
Robert Halfon: grammars should prove they deserve to expand
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Grammar schools
Disadvantaged pupils
Expansion
Jul 3, 2018
Letter from Nick Gibb to Robert Halfon re the Alternative Provision Inquiry
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Education Committee
Nick Gibb
Robert Halfon
Alternative provision
Inquiry
SEND
EHC
EHCPs
Jun 28, 2018
Letter to Robert Halfon from Anne Milton re the status of the 1,146 Carillion apprentices
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Education Committee
Carillion
Apprentices
Robert Halfon
Anne Milton
Jun 12, 2018
Robert Halfon MP comments on Government Response to report
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Robert Halfon
Social mobility
Social Mobility Commission
Education Committee
May 23, 2018
Social Mobility Commission gets new chair – but no new powers
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Social mobility
Social Mobility Commission
DfE
Robert Halfon
May 23, 2018
Halfon seeks law change to give Social Mobility Commission more power
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Social mobility
Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Social Mobility Commission
May 22, 2018
Robert Halfon proposes bill to expand Social Mobility Commission powers
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Social mobility
Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
May 21, 2018
Rob Halfon: ‘Failing a generation’ - why the Government’s proposals on children’s mental health lacks ambition
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Mental health
Robert Halfon
Wellbeing
Student support
Funding
May 10, 2018
Robert Halfon: the mental health reforms must do more to support schools
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Robert Halfon
Mental health
May 9, 2018
Transcript of Tuesday's Westminster Hall debate about progress on the skills strategy
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Robert Halfon
Skills strategy
May 9, 2018
Robert Halfon questions key principle behind new T-levels
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Robert Halfon
T-levels
Technical qualifications
Academic education
Skills
May 8, 2018
Not making the grade – why we should scrap GCSEs
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GCSEs
Education Select Committee
Robert Halfon
Exams
Ofqual
Grading
Employers
May 1, 2018
Robert Halfon’s views on education cause concern | Letters
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Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Leaders
Apr 19, 2018
Robert Halfon: ‘The Tory party should change its name to the Workers’ party’
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Leaders
Politics
Education Select Committee
Robert Halfon
Apr 17, 2018
‘Deliver on apprentice travel cost pledge’, urges Robert Halfon
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Travel costs
Apprentices
Robert Halfon
Government
Mar 23, 2018
Education Committee asks for more representation of FE and apprenticeships on the OfS board
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Damian Hinds
Robert Halfon
Education Committee
Office for Students
OfS
Mar 23, 2018
Letter from the commissioner for public appointments regarding the Office for Students
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Office for Students
Robert Halfon
Feb 27, 2018
Correspondence from the National Schools Commissioner regarding Whitehaven Academy
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Academies
Robert Halfon
Schools commissioner
Feb 27, 2018
Halfon: Select Committee chair talks skills and 30 hours
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30-hour childcare
Robert Halfon
Select committee
Skills
T-levels
Vocational education
Feb 19, 2018
Universities must offer ‘earn as you learn’ degree apprenticeships or face cuts to funding, senior Tory demands
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Academic qualifications
Degree apprenticeships
Robert Halfon
Skills shortages
Feb 6, 2018
Universities 'obsessed' with academic degrees should have funding cut, warns senior Tory
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Academic qualifications
Technical training
Robert Halfon
Tuition fees
Student debt
Graduate outcomes
Feb 5, 2018
University students receive 'paltry returns' for their academic degrees, says Tory MP
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Academic qualifications
Graduate outcomes
Robert Halfon
Skills shortages
Technical education
Feb 5, 2018
Students who fork out £50k for a degree often get tiny returns, top Tory warns
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Robert Halfon
Degree apprenticeships
Feb 5, 2018
FE and social justice: Top six education committee chair recommendations
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Robert Halfon
Skills
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Employers
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Functional Skills
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Feb 4, 2018
Vision for revolution in further and higher education to eradicate skills gap and deliver social justice for all
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Social justice
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Robert Halfon
Academic qualifications
Technical training
Feb 4, 2018
Britain must end 'obsession' with university degrees, says influential Tory MP
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Degrees
Academic qualifications
Robert Halfon
Technical training
Skills shortages
Feb 4, 2018
End the 'obsession' with academic degrees, says senior Tory
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Academic qualifications
Robert Halfon
Graduates
Skills shortages
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Feb 4, 2018
Robert Halfon: Pay more for a degree that doesn’t get you into work
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Robert Halfon
Tuition fees
Employability
Jan 23, 2018
Correspondence from National Schools Commissioner
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Robert Halfon
DfE
Academies
Rebrokering
Finances
MATs
Dec 7, 2017
Robert Halfon: Consolidate the UK’s ‘duplicated’ careers services
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Careers guidance
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Robert Halfon
Dec 4, 2017
Robert Halfon: “Potentially, the future of Conservatism is a good one. We’ve just got a long way to get there.”
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PoliticsHome
Robert Halfon
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Oct 12, 2017
Robert Halfon: skills 'the defining issue facing Britain today'
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Robert Halfon
Vocational education
Oct 4, 2017
Halfon: ‘Cut pupil premium for schools that don’t promote apprenticeships’
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Robert Halfon
Oct 3, 2017
Robert Halfon: 'I want the whole of the committee’s work – everything – to link back to social justice'
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TES
Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Funding
Social mobility
Jul 21, 2017
Education committee chair Halfon to prioritise evidence from teachers and pupils
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Schools Week
Evidence
Education Select Committee
Robert Halfon
Teachers
Leaders
Jul 19, 2017
Halfon elected to lead education select committee
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CYPN
Education Select Committee
Robert Halfon
Leaders
Jul 13, 2017
Robert Halfon appointed Education Select Committee chair
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Nursery World
Leaders
Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Jul 13, 2017
Chair of the Education Committee is Robert Halfon - sector response
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FE News
Education Select Committee
Leaders
Robert Halfon
Jul 13, 2017
Halfon elected chair of Commons Education Select Committee
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TES
Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Leaders
Jul 12, 2017
FE champion Halfon elected chair of education select committee
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FE Week
Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Leaders
Jul 12, 2017
Former minister Robert Halfon elected as education select committee chair
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Schools Week
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Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Jul 12, 2017
Halfon: 'I won't be afraid to challenge DfE ministers'
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TES
DfE
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Robert Halfon
Skills
Politics
Education Select Committee
Leaders
Jul 11, 2017
Halfon hands out ladder flyers in bid to chair education select committee
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FE Week
Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Apprenticeships
Skills
Leaders
Jul 10, 2017
Former minister Halfon bids to chair education select committee
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TES
Robert Halfon
Education Select Committee
Accountability
Adult education
Politics
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Skills
Jul 4, 2017
Halfon to run for education select committee chair
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FE Week
Skills
Education Select Committee
Robert Halfon
Leaders
Jul 3, 2017
Robert Halfon MP, ‘Champion of working class workers'?
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FE News
Robert Halfon
Apprenticeships
Politics
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IfS
RoATP
Jun 15, 2017
Editor Asks: Robert Halfon reflects on time as minister
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FE Week
Apprenticeships
Skills
Robert Halfon
Leaders
Politics
Jun 14, 2017
Robert Halfon sacked by Theresa May in reshuffle
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Nursery World
Robert Halfon
Politics
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Skills
Jun 13, 2017
Robert Halfon sacked as skills minister
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TES
Robert Halfon
Apprenticeships
Skills
Leaders
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Jun 13, 2017
My plans, priorities and resolutions for 2017
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FE Week
FE
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Apprenticeships
Robert Halfon
Funding
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IfA
Jan 4, 2017
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