Matthew Campbell-Hill appointed as Chair of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC)
Team GB wheelchair fencer and tech regulation expert will advise government on the needs and rights of passengers...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 12:06
Readout of Cabinet meeting - Feb 21
The Prime Minister opened Cabinet by saying that Friday will mark the one year anniversary of Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 12:04
TUC comment: Independent watchdog slams government assessment of Strikes Bill as “not fit for purpose”
A government-appointed body has today (Monday) given the government’s impact assessment for its Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill the red card, and said it is “not fit for purpose”...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 12:02
New developments to deliver for people and nature
New housing, commercial and infrastructure developments are set to be “nature positive” from November onwards, the government announced today...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 12:01
Angela Rayner responds to the Regulatory Policy Committee's red-rating of the Government's Minimum Service Levels Bill
Angela Rayner MP, Labour's Deputy Leader and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work, responding to the Regulatory Policy Committee's red-rating of the Government's Minimum Service Levels Bill, said...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 11:53
MPs to question Government about Devon and Cornwall Police's “catastrophic failures” in firearms licensing
Labour MP Luke Pollard (Plymouth Sutton & Devonport) has had an urgent question accepted by the Speaker for today...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 11:14
First internal market report finds proposed peat ban does not raise major concerns for businesses
The OIM has published its first report, which found that the UK Government’s proposal to ban the sale of horticultural peat in England from 2024 would not have a major impact on intra-UK trade...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 10:57
Energy regulator outlines next steps on forced Prepayment Meter (PPM) installations
Britain’s energy regulator, Ofgem, has today (Tuesday 21 February 2023) set out the next steps in the British Gas investigation and Prepayment Meter (PPM) review to support and protect energy customers when suppliers fit PPMs by force or via remote switch...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 10:56
Prospect: A dedicated nuclear minister is welcome but we need action not just grand gestures
Sue Ferns, Senior Deputy General Secretary of Prospect union, responding to the appointment of Andrew Bowie as dedicated nuclear minister, said...
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 10:53
More facts not assertions needed on water, says EA Chief Executive
Achieving clean and plentiful water is “easy to say but hard to do”, Sir James Bevan said in a speech today (Tuesday 21 February), entitled ‘Reflections on water: the good, the bad and the future’..
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 10:52