Academy budgets are in an even worse state than those of council-run schools with eight out of 10 in deficit, suggest figures from their accountants. Two more years like this and the entire sector could face insolvency, says a report from the Kreston UK accountancy network which looked at 450 schools.
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In the memo to the council, Sullivan said “the investigation discovered unanticipated accounting issues that required a separate and comprehensive forensic accounting audit that had not been originally anticipated. The Attorney General's investigation is anticipated to conclude this spring. The town
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First Trust chief economist Brian Wesbury discusses President Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, explaining why he thinks import taxes should be eliminated entirely so that entrepreneurs can fail or succeed based on the product they're selling …
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Google excludes highest-paid jobs from equal-pay analysis, Bloomberg reports. Alphabet has said that for 89% of Google's over 70,000 global workers there was no “statistically significant” pay gap related to gender or race, however the other 11%, which included the company's senior vice presidents
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People gather near the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) square during a rally under the slogan 'For a Decent Slovakia' on March 16, 2018 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Photographer: Joe Klamar/Getty Images. Tens of thousands of Slovaks took the streets for a third week to demand early elections, saying this
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