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Comments from Stephen Kinnock come amid reports that pay review bodies could recommend up to 4% for teachers and nursesThe parents of four million children will get cheaper school uniforms because of a law reform making its way through parliament, the government has claimed. As PA Media reports, the Department for Education says its children’s wellbeing and schools bill will reduce uniform costs for families by £70m. PA says:MPs have previously raised concerns about the high costs parents face in buying branded items of clothing for uniform.Schools are required to limit the amount of branded uniform items but a survey has shown they are not doing so, with parents having to pay on average £442 for secondary school uniforms, and £343 for primary school uniforms.In workplaces and services that are open to the public … trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women’s facilities and trans men (biological women) should not be permitted to use the men’s facilities, as this will mean that they are no longer single-sex facilities and must be open to all users of the opposite sex. Continue reading...

Comments from Stephen Kinnock come amid reports that pay review bodies could recommend up to 4% for teachers and nurses
The parents of four million children will get cheaper school uniforms because of a law reform making its way through parliament, the government has claimed. As PA Media reports, the Department for Education says its children’s wellbeing and schools bill will reduce uniform costs for families by £70m. PA says:
MPs have previously raised concerns about the high costs parents face in buying branded items of clothing for uniform.
Schools are required to limit the amount of branded uniform items but a survey has shown they are not doing so, with parents having to pay on average £442 for secondary school uniforms, and £343 for primary school uniforms.
In workplaces and services that are open to the public … trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women’s facilities and trans men (biological women) should not be permitted to use the men’s facilities, as this will mean that they are no longer single-sex facilities and must be open to all users of the opposite sex. Continue reading...