Local government; Queen’s Speech 2019

This landing page provides a series of links for the Queen’s Speech debate on Tuesday 14 January, covering education and local government. It also provides a short briefing paper (full report below) on local government developments during the current Prime Minister’s term of office, including the Towns Fund, Future High Streets Fund, and the 2020-21 Local Government Finance Settlement.

Education 

School age education

• School Funding in England: FAQs, 18 December 2019
• Special Educational Needs: support in England, 17 December 2019
• Teacher recruitment and retention in England, 16 December 2019
• Off-rolling in English schools, 28 October 2019
• Relationships and Sex Education in Schools (England), 17 December 2019
• School uniform costs in England, 17 December 2019 

Further and higher education 

• Level 4 and 5 education, 4 November 2019
• 16-19 education funding in England since 2010, 16 December 2019
• T Levels: Reforms to Technical Education, 16 December 2019  
• Higher education funding in England, 16 December 2019
• The Post-18 Education Review (the Augar Review) recommendations, 4 May 2019
• Commons Library Insight Who should pay for tertiary education? 

Local Government Association Queen’s Speech: LGA responds to national skills fund announcement

Association of Colleges Queen’s Speech – AoC responds

FENews, Government’s education funding announcement in the Queen’s Speech, 19 December 2019

Local Government

Commond Library Briefing Paper

Reviewing and reforming local government finance, 15 March 2019

Useful links

• Written Statement on the provisional local government finance settlement by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government background policy paper, Future High Streets Fund
• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Towns Fund Prospectus