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The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a call for evidence on how to improve the funding system for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

A consultation has been launched outlining how the Government will introduce a £95,000 cap to stop what it describes as “huge” exit payments when public sector workers leave their jobs.

Research by leading academics has implied that fears over the harmful effects of screen time on teens, for example in the forms of gaming, TV or spending time online — even before bedtime — could be misplaced, with little evidence found linking screen time and decreasing mental health in adolescents.

The Department for Education (DfE) is introducing compulsory Relationships Education for primary pupils and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) for secondary pupils from September 2020.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a reminder of its latest safety advice with regard to bouncy castles and other inflatables, outlining how simple precautions can help to avoid serious incidents.

According to the Department for Education (DfE), not only did working-age graduates earn £10,000 more than non-graduates in 2018 but they also had higher employment rates.

Housing developers are to come under more pressure to help fund school places.

The Government has been urged to work more closely with business on new reforms to technical education or it might risk repeating the same mistakes over the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy.

An insurance company has urged employers to take care of the wellbeing and mental health of the time-poor “sandwich generation” of workers — warning that millions of British workers with caring responsibilities for a dependent child and an adult relative have less than 35 minutes a day to themselves.

A leading business group has called on the Government to consider the reintroduction of a new form of work experience that is available to all Key Stage 4 students.