Truants face new crackdown
News Article 13 November 2002
Education ministers are set to renew their drive to crack down on truant pupils, parliament has heard.
Anti Social Behaviour Act 2003
Legislation 13 November 2002
"My Government will introduce a Bill to tackle anti-social behaviour that damages communities"
Lib Dems demand action on barrack bullies
News Article 12 November 2002
Harassment, discrimination and bullying is rife in the army, an official survey has found.
Spot fines for parents
News Article 12 November 2002
The parents of classroom "malcontents" face on-the-spot fines, the education secretary has warned.
On the spot fines for parents
Press Review 12 November 2002
Education watchdog turns up heat on failing schools
Press Review 11 November 2002
Cook appeals to 'trick or treat' children
News Article 31 October 2002
Robin Cook has appealed to the nation's children not to upset older people when engaging in Halloween "trick or treating".
Parenting orders are not a 'panacea' for youth crime
News Article 23 October 2002
Ministers should not see parenting orders as a "panacea" for youth crime, the government's adviser on families has warned.
Classroom 'informers' revealed
Press Review 14 October 2002
Morris backs teachers in pupil death threat case
Press Review 11 October 2002
Teachers defend Morris over exclusion row
News Article 11 October 2002
Teaching unions have defended Estelle Morris following her intervention in the row surrounding the reinstatement of two pupils at Glyn Technology School in Surrey.
Fast-track to jail for parents of truants
Press Review 10 October 2002
Fast-track jail for parents of truants
News Article 9 October 2002
Ministers are pressing ahead with tough new measures to crack down on the parents of truants.
Morris stands firm on school discipline
Press Review 3 October 2002
Comprehensives have failed says Morris
News Article 2 October 2002
Comprehensives have failed to break the link between poverty and poor educational achievement, the education secretary has told Labour delegates.
