School governance update
Important news and communications from the Department for Education (DfE) relating to governance in maintained schools and academy trusts in England...
Friday, 16 December 2022 16:03
UK to continue global leadership on marine protection
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey today urged more countries to join the more than 120 nations who already support the pledge to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030...
Friday, 16 December 2022 15:48
New legally binding environment targets set out
Legally binding targets to protect our environment, clean up our air and rivers and boost nature have been published today (Friday 16th December) following extensive consultation as part of the government’s commitment to leave the environment in a better state for future generations...
Friday, 16 December 2022 14:33
Bailiffs: Enforcement of debt: Government Response to the Justice Committee’s Seventeenth Report of Session 2017–2019
The Justice Committee published its Seventeenth Report of session 2017–2019, Bailiffs Enforcement of Debt (HC 1836), on 11 Apr 2019. The Government’s Response and a covering letter were received on 13 December 2022 and are appended to this report...
Friday, 16 December 2022 13:20
Blog: Summer Interns - How GDS coped with our Autism
Every summer we welcome a number of students from diverse backgrounds into our Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) and this year, unlike for the last two years, we were able to meet them in person in our offices...
Friday, 16 December 2022 12:55
Unite warns government it has five days to stop NHS strike spreading
‘Don’t waste the weekend’, says Unite chief as ambulance workers set to join striking nurses on 21 December ...
Friday, 16 December 2022 12:50
NHS Trusts urge ministers to talk to unions after ‘significant’ strike impact in some areas
On strike action by nurses yesterday (15 December) and more looming industrial action by NHS workers, NHS Providers’ interim chief executive Saffron Cordery said...
Friday, 16 December 2022 12:38
The Fleet Solid Support Ship contract is another broken promise by the government - Progress Union
Mike Clancy, General Secretary of Prospect, responding to the Prime Minister's visit to Harland and Wolff to talk about Fleet Solid Support ships, said...
Friday, 16 December 2022 12:16
Government provides boost to horticulture industry with certainty over seasonal workers
45,000 visas for seasonal workers to be available for horticulture businesses next year...
Friday, 16 December 2022 12:14
Michelle Donelan writes to parents, setting out how the Online Safety Bill will keep children safe
Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has written an open letter to parents, carers and guardians, setting out the key measures in the government’s Online Safety Bill...
Friday, 16 December 2022 12:09