Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings: Israel - Mar 21
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North) (SNP): Lots of us, myself included, have constituents who are worried sick about their friends or family who are caught up in the conflict in Gaza...
Friday, 22 March 2024 07:26
Extract from Scottish Parliament: Questions to the First Minister - Mar 21
Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): Just a few weeks ago, members in the chamber congratulated Henry Wuga on reaching his 100th birthday...
Friday, 22 March 2024 07:18
UK and Australia celebrate closer ties with AUKUS progress and new defence treaty
UK and Australia ties are stronger than ever following a successful defence and foreign policy summit in Canberra...
Friday, 22 March 2024 07:05
National Audit Office: Improvements needed in NHS England’s modelling for the Long Term Workforce Plan
Weaknesses in the modelling underpinning NHS England’s (NHSE’s) first Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) need addressing if the LTWP modelling is to be a reasonable basis for regular strategic workforce planning, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report...
Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01
FAC: Business with China comes with “strings attached”
The Foreign Affairs Committee today (Friday 22 March) publishes the Government response to its report “Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific”...
Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01
Which? exposes the customer service scoundrels - with Scottish Power, Ovo Energy and British Gas worst energy culprits for slow and unhelpful support
Which? is calling for Scottish Power, Ovo Energy and British Gas to urgently improve their customer service as new analysis from the consumer champion finds they are the worst energy suppliers...
Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01
Civil service morale hit by chronic pay issues as recruitment and retention of staff at risk, say MPs
Morale in the civil service is being lowered by chronic pay issues, risking an inability to recruit and retain skilled staff...
Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01
Government still to fully implement agreed actions to improve patient safety after nine years, warns Committee’s Expert Panel
Government action to improve patient safety ‘requires improvement’ warn independent experts in a report published today by the Health and Social Care Committee...
Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01
Super charged: More than one-in-10 UK supermarkets now offer EV charging, RAC research shows
In 2023, supermarkets across the UK added electric vehicle (EV) chargers to over 600 new locations, meaning drivers can now charge up at more than one-in-10 of their stores, analysis from Zapmap and the RAC shows...
Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01
Weaknesses found in NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 'deeply concerning'
Responding to the National Audit Office (NAO)’s report, NHS England’s modelling for the Long Term Workforce Plan, Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive at NHS Providers said...
Friday, 22 March 2024 00:01