Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal
aid, zero - hours and short - hours
contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords
reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).
A task force studying educational improvement in Nebraska has called for a long list of
reforms, including a new school - finance formula, far more state
aid for schools, higher pay and longer
contracts for teachers, a master - teacher program, and the establishment of statewide high - school graduation requirements.
It says that, unlike the civil unified
contract, the general criminal
contract (GCC) was entered into some time before the legal
aid reform programme was announced, therefore providers would not have been aware of the proposed
reforms at the time they signed.
The committee then turned to the ultimate goal of the
reform proposals, the adoption of a market - based system where legal
aid rates would be determined by competitive tendering for block
contracts.