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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Amendments for Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List) as at Jan 31

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Amendments for Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List) as at Jan 31...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 06:36

Early sight of oral questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Feb 6

Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): What recent steps he has taken to ensure fairness in the application of the tax system...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 06:23

Government backs SMEs with new Help to Grow campaign and small business council

The Government is today reaffirming its commitment to all the UK’s 5.5 million small businesses, with the creation of a new Small Business Council due to launch next month...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 06:01

New HEPI Policy Note finds more than half of students have used generative AI for help on assessments – but only 5% likely to be using AI to cheat

In a new HEPI Policy Note, Provide or punish? Students’ views on generative AI in higher education (HEPI Policy Note 51) by Josh Freeman, HEPI and Kortext explore students’ attitudes to new generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:01

Education Endowment Foundation asks can using CHATGPT for lesson planning cut teacher workload?

New EEF trial to see if generative AI can reduce workload and maintain lesson quality...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:01

Electric vehicle public charging network not fit for purpose, Which? finds

More than two-thirds (69%) of electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicle owners who have used the UK’s public charging network have reported being unhappy with it in a Which? survey...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:01

ASCL comment on ChatGPT trial in schools

Responding to the news that the Education Endowment Foundation will be trialing the use of ChatGPT for lesson planning to explore if it can reduce overall working hours for staff, Rob Robson, ASCL’s lead on artificial intelligence, said...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:01

Government has a lot of work to do to make sure that businesses are not put off from investing by the changes to R&D tax relief, says Lords report

Today the House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee published its report on the Government’s Draft Finance Bill 2023-24...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:01

Government must tackle £4bn council funding gap or risk severe impact to services and council finances, say MPs

The Government must fix the £4bn hole in council funding arrangements for 2024-25 or risk severe impact to council services and the prospect of further councils in England facing effective bankruptcy...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:01

NHS launches national BRCA gene testing programme to identify cancer risk early

Tens of thousands of people with Jewish ancestry who are more likely to carry a genetic fault that can increase the risk of developing some cancers will receive genetic testing through a new programme announced by the NHS in England today...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:01