New industry and government forum launched to boost freight decarbonisation and innovation
Measures to help boost the freight sector are moving forward today, as a new government-industry forum is launched to help the sector decarbonise and ensure its long-term sustainability...
Wednesday, 5 April 2023 09:43
FCA sets clear plan for next 12 months
In its Business Plan 2023/24, the FCA has set out an ambitious programme for the next 12 months to achieve better outcomes for consumers and markets...
Wednesday, 5 April 2023 09:33
Ofcom proposes to refer UK cloud market for investigation
At the halfway point of its probe into UK cloud services, Ofcom is proposing to refer the market to the Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation...
Wednesday, 5 April 2023 09:29
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