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 Covid outbreaks School closures 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 School closures Covid impact Safeguarding 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 School closures
  • Jan 5, 2021
Vaccinate teachers during closures so schools can re-open ASAP, says Halfon
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Vaccinations Teachers School closures 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 Adult skills Adult education 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 School closures Free school meals Vouchers Disadvantaged pupils Poverty 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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  • 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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Apprenticeship training Skills Robert Halfon Ofsted inspections Training providers Disadvantaged students Bursaries Travel costs
  • Dec 20, 2018
Pressure mounts on Hinds to explain £500m apprenticeship ‘alleged overspend’
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Apprenticeships Apprenticeship levy Overspend 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 Primary schools Secondary schools Education Committee Robert Halfon Damian Hinds Relationships education Consultations
  • 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 Funding 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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Funding 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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Tuition fees Student debt Graduate outcomes Apprenticeships Skills gaps Robert Halfon Degree apprenticeships
  • Feb 5, 2018
FE and social justice: Top six education committee chair recommendations
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Social justice Robert Halfon Skills Apprenticeship levy Disadvantaged students Employers Skills shortages Degree apprenticeships Functional Skills Technical training
  • 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 Skills gap 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 Graduate outcomes
  • 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 Careers strategy Funding 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 Education Select Committee Tuition fees Apprenticeships Alternative provision Universities Exams Training Funding Pupil premium Ofsted Apprentices Bursaries Disadvantaged pupils Skills gap
  • Oct 12, 2017
Robert Halfon: skills 'the defining issue facing Britain today'
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  • Oct 4, 2017
Halfon: ‘Cut pupil premium for schools that don’t promote apprenticeships’
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Jul 13, 2017
Halfon elected chair of Commons Education Select Committee
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  • Jul 12, 2017
FE champion Halfon elected chair of education select committee
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  • Jul 12, 2017
Former minister Robert Halfon elected as education select committee chair
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  • Jul 12, 2017
Halfon: 'I won't be afraid to challenge DfE ministers'
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  • Jul 11, 2017
Halfon hands out ladder flyers in bid to chair education select committee
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  • Jul 10, 2017
Former minister Halfon bids to chair education select committee
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  • Jul 4, 2017
Halfon to run for education select committee chair
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  • Jul 3, 2017
Robert Halfon MP, ‘Champion of working class workers'?
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FE News Robert Halfon Apprenticeships Politics Leaders 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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  • Jun 13, 2017
Robert Halfon sacked as skills minister
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TES Robert Halfon Apprenticeships Skills Leaders Politics
  • Jun 13, 2017
My plans, priorities and resolutions for 2017
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FE Week FE Colleges Apprenticeships Robert Halfon Funding Apprenticeship levy IfA
  • Jan 4, 2017