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Success of UK’s Digital Services Tax tempered by concern about future avoidance or evasion by big tech - PAC report

As long ago as 2012, the Public Accounts Committee called on HMRC to address multinationals avoiding UK corporation tax by moving money to other tax jurisdictions...

Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:01

Labour pledges to “clean up Britain” as rubbish is dumped on communities 125 times every hour  

Labour has today pledged to “clean up Britain” as new research finds nearly 3,000 incidents of fly-tipping, or illegal dumping of waste hit communities every single day...  

Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:01

Aldi is the cheapest supermarket in March but Lidl is closing the gap, Which? finds 

Aldi has been named the UK’s cheapest supermarket in March by Which?, as the consumer champion found shoppers could save £20 on a basket of items from there... 

Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:01

Police response to online child sexual exploitation leaving children at risk

The police response to online child sexual abuse and exploitation is too often leaving vulnerable children at risk - and allowing offenders to escape justice...

Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:01

Committee announces new proposals to tighten rules and improve transparency around All-Party Parliamentary Groups

The Committee on Standards has today published a new report putting forward a package of proposals to tighten the rules and improve both the governance and transparency of All-Party Parliamentary Groups...

Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:01

School leaders vote overwhelmingly to reject government’s ‘inadequate and unaffordable’ pay offer

School leaders in England have voted overwhelmingly to reject the offer put forward by the government on teacher pay...

Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:01

Bridget Phillipson responds to findings that nearly one in five teachers are forced to do second jobs

Bridget Phillipson MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to findings that nearly one in five teachers are forced to do second jobs amid the Tory cost of living crisis, said...

Wednesday, 5 April 2023 00:01

Policy paper: Powering up Britain

Plans setting out how the government will enhance our country’s energy security, seize the economic opportunities of the transition, and deliver on our net zero commitments...

Tuesday, 4 April 2023 16:41

Scottish government announces new support to increase investment across the North East

The energy transition across the North East will be further boosted by £25 million from the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Fund...

Tuesday, 4 April 2023 16:39

Paraguayan Ministry of Health and Stirling University sign agreement

The Paraguayan Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPBS) and the University of Stirling signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Tuesday, 4 April 2023 15:21