Draft Media Bill: CMS Committee amendments would ensure legislation is in best interests of audiences
Obligations on smart TVs, firesticks and set-top boxes to ensure public service broadcasters (PSBs) are prominent on their platforms should be strengthened, MPs say today...
Friday, 22 September 2023 00:01
LGA: End ‘spiral of decline’ of bus services by handing control to councils
The Local Government Association (LGA) and the Urban Transport Group have called for new powers for councils to decide the way local bus services are delivered to end a “spiral of decline” of services by protecting vital bus routes and reinvesting in local networks...
Friday, 22 September 2023 00:01
Challenges of AI require “a new form of multilateralism”, Dowden will warn UN in key speech
The international community needs to take action to make AI safe, or allow it to destabilise world order, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will warn the UN today...
Friday, 22 September 2023 00:01
Teach democracy classes in all schools and give votes at 16 to boost young people’s faith in politics, IPPR report urges
Young people’s sense of disengagement and disempowerment in society should be reversed by stepping up civic education in schools and reducing the voting age to 16 for all elections in England...
Friday, 22 September 2023 00:01
£25 million for projects using nature to increase flood resilience
£25 million will be invested in projects that use nature to protect communities from flooding, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow announced today...
Friday, 22 September 2023 00:01
Scottish Government: Investing in nature, new funding to help projects grow
Over £3 million has been distributed to nature projects across Scotland to help them scale up their conservation work and ensure the benefits are shared with local communities...
Friday, 22 September 2023 00:01
Mayor announces members of new London Policing Board to oversee and scrutinise reform of the Met
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced the members of his new London Policing Board to oversee and scrutinise the urgent reform of the Met...
Friday, 22 September 2023 00:01
Competition authorities in the 21st century: Adapting to a new economic landscape
A keynote speech delivered by Marcus Bokkerink, Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, to the Fordham Competition Law Institute Conference...
Thursday, 21 September 2023 16:37
UN HRC54: UK Statement on Ethiopia
Interactive dialogue with the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia. Delivered by the UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley...
Thursday, 21 September 2023 15:47
Joint UK-France statement: Climate Mobilisation Forum
Joint statement related to the Climate Mobilisation Forum on 21 September 2023...
Thursday, 21 September 2023 15:45