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Skills boost for planning authorities to create better neighbourhoods

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has given social enterprise Public Practice £1 million to help councils recruit and develop skilled planners...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 13:21

Up to £1 million available to develop technologies that help understand audiences

Getting to know your audience: DASA's new Themed Competition, funded by Dstl, is aimed at understanding and analysing audiences...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 12:36

Baroness Casey questioned on findings of Met Police review – Prevent Review examined with Security Minister

The Home Affairs Committee will question Baroness Louise Casey on Wednesday 22 March about the findings and recommendations of her review into the culture and standards of behaviour in the Metropolitan Police Service...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 12:24

Derby named as home of Great British Railways HQ

Derby has been named as the national headquarters of Great British Railways (GBR HQ), marking a key milestone in the Government’s plan to reform the nation’s railways...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 10:59

NASUWT comments following Ofsted inspection tragedy

Commenting following media reporting on the tragic death of headteacher, Ruth Perry, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers' Union, said...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 10:18

“Dire” Conservative record on workplace racism will “only get worse” unless ministers drop damaging Bills, TUC warns

The Conservatives’ “dire” record on tackling racism at work will only get worse unless the government drops the damaging Strike Bill and Retained EU Law Bill, the TUC has today (Tuesday) warned...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 09:24

UK and Israel to sign landmark agreement deepening tech, trade and security ties

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will host his Israeli counterpart Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in London today (21 March) to sign a landmark agreement that will define bilateral relations between their two countries until 2030...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 08:20

Lords repeat of Commons Urgent Question on the Health and Disability White Paper - Mar 20

The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Thursday 16 March...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:59

Committee stage (Lords) (day 6) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Mar 20

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con): My Lords, government Amendment 165 and the consequential Amendments 508 and 509 seek to give police and crime commissioners, including mayors who exercise these functions, and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime the same powers to dispose of surplus land as local authorities...

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:56

Third reading (Lords) of the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill - Mar 20

The Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade (Lord Johnson of Lainston) (Con): My Lords, it is with deep regret that the UK Government have been unable to secure legislative consent for this Bill from the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:54