Scottish government pledges £250,000 Humanitarian Emergency Funding for Kenya
Scottish External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson has pledged funding of £250,000 to aid charities responding to those affected by the severe flooding in Kenya through the Scottish Government’s Humanitarian Emergency Fund (HEF).
Sunday, 9 June 2024 00:01
Labour announces plans to fix the prisons crisis and keep criminals behind bars
Labour will fix the prisons crisis by driving through prisons building programme where the Conservatives have been too weak to act, the Shadow Justice Secretary has vowed today...
Saturday, 8 June 2024 22:30
Labour Party ‘pulls up the shutters’ for Britain’s entrepreneurs with a plan for small businesses
Keir Starmer will today (Saturday) launch Labour’s plan for Britain’s small business entrepreneurs, with new fully-funded and fully-costed policies, as Labour pulls up the shutters after 14 years of decline under the Conservatives...
Friday, 7 June 2024 22:30
Conservatives: Bold action to back drivers
The Conservatives are today (Saturday 8th June) announcing that if elected, they will stop pay-per-mile road taxes, rule out blanket Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and 20mph zones and reverse Labour’s unfair ULEZ expansion in London...
Friday, 7 June 2024 22:30
Stephen Kinnock responds to record high 11,000 small boat crossings this year
Stephen Kinnock, Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister, responding to 316 people crossing the Channel in small boats yesterday surpassing 11,000 this year, said...
Friday, 7 June 2024 15:05
Interim change to eligibility criteria for free school meals and uniform grants in Northern Ireland
Education Minister Paul Givan has announced an interim change to the eligibility criteria for families applying for free school meals and uniform grants...
Friday, 7 June 2024 13:59
Letter from John Healey to Grant Shapps about the Prime Minister's decision not to attend D-Day events
John Healey, Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary, in a letter to Conservative Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, said...
Friday, 7 June 2024 10:55
School Cuts website update showing 66% of special schools and 63% of maintained nursery schools (MNS) in England have faced real-terms cuts since 2010
New data released today on the updated School Cuts website shows that government funding decisions have resulted in major real-terms cuts for special schools and maintained nursery schools in England...
Friday, 7 June 2024 10:23
Written Statement (Wales): 2023-24 pay award offers to junior doctors, SAS doctors and consultants to stop the strikes - Jun 7
First Minister, Vaughan Gething MS and Eluned Morgan MS, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: We have today made a formal pay award offer to each of the three BMA branches of practices...
Friday, 7 June 2024 10:23
IFS: Key decisions await the pensions minister after the election
The fact that current pensioners are doing relatively well has led to a degree of complacency in policymaking...
Friday, 7 June 2024 10:20