Survey Finds

• एक नए POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab सर्वेक्षण से पता चला है कि रिपब्लिकन और डेमोक्रेटिक दोनों दलों में एक बड़ा बहुमत हाउस डिस्ट्रिक्ट लाइनों को खींचने के लिए स्वतंत्र पैनलों का समर्थन करता है। • यह द्विदलीय निष्कर्ष राजनीतिक रूप से संवेदनशील पुनर्रचना प्रक्रिया (redistricting process) में सुधार के लिए जनता की इच्छा को दर्शाता है। • सर्वेक्षण गेरीमेंडरिंग (gerrymandering) के प्रति मतदाताओं की हताशा को उजागर करता है और निष्पक्ष प्रतिनिधित्व सुनिश्चित करने के लिए संस्थागत परिवर्तन का आह्वान करता है।

Sector cites ‘billions of pounds in additional costs’ from new business rates and increase in minimum wage thresholdsTwo-thirds of hospitality businesses are planning to cut jobs as a result of “suffocating” costs imposed by government, as new business rates and higher wage bills come into force.Many pubs, restaurants and hotel companies will see their costs increase significantly from 1 April after Rachel Reeves’s changes to business rates and an increase in minimum wage thresholds announced at the chancellor’s November budget. Continue reading...

Poll of 10,000 teachers also finds ‘overwhelming’ exam anxiety and rising absenteeism linked to poor mental healthAlmost half of primary school teachers are seeing pupils with eating disorders “at least occasionally”, rising to four in five at secondary level, according to a survey by the UK’s largest education union.The findings emerged in a poll of 10,000 teachers in English state schools about pupils’ mental health, which also revealed “overwhelming” exam anxiety in secondaries and dwindling numbers of counsellors to support students. Continue reading...

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the poll by the National Education Union (NEU), before its annual conference in Brighton which starts on Monday, said class sizes were too big to be “properly inclusive”. Continue reading...