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Oral answer (Lords) on Dementia Diagnosis - Sep 4

Lord Weir of Ballyholme asked the Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations in the Alzheimer’s Society report Improving access to a timely and accurate diagnosis in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 07:56

Extract from DWP questions: Unemployment - Sep 4

Judith Cummins (Bradford South) (Lab): We have seen a summer of job cuts in my Bradford South constituency, with both Morrisons and Solenis announcing major redundancies...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 07:44

Extract from oral answer (Lords) on UK Government Resilience Framework - Sep 4

Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab): On that topic, the Government should be working constantly to improve the UK’s cybersecurity capabilities against Artificial Intelligence and state-linked cyberattacks, in particular...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 07:41

BRC: Confident consumers boost retail sales

UK Total retail sales increased by 4.1% in August, against a growth of 1.0% in August 2022...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:01

IPPR: ‘Support in name only’: Jobcentre employment services failing jobseekers and businesses

Employment support services for people claiming benefits aren’t working for employers or jobseekers and need to be reformed into a new universal service, according to a new report by IPPR...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:01

Hundreds of thousands of London’s school children receiving free school meals from this week thanks to unprecedented funding from Mayor

Up to 287,000 state primary school children across London are now benefitting from free school meals thanks to unprecedented £135m emergency funding from the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:01

Scottish Government announce childcare expansion to help families: Support with cost of living pressures

Childcare provision will be expanded to increase access for more families across Scotland, as part of a new package of measures to tackle poverty...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:01

Which? response to Skimpflation figures from Barclays

Please find our position on the latest findings from Barclays which shows more than half of shoppers have noticed that so-called skimpflation has lowered the quality of some supermarket food and drink products...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:01

From rapid-charging motorbikes to self-driving cars: over £50 million awarded to cutting edge manufacturing projects

Over £50 million of government funding has been awarded to 30 cutting-edge manufacturing projects including rapid-charging motorcycles and self-driving cars...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:01

Over 180 times the Tories ignored Labour warnings over crumbling school buildings

Labour condemned Conservative Education Ministers for “shrugging their shoulders” after ignoring more than 180 warnings about crumbling buildings...

Monday, 4 September 2023 22:30