Labour calls on Conservative leadership candidates to back expanding windfall tax on oil and gas giants to help freeze energy bills
Ahead of the energy price cap rising on Friday 26 August, Labour has today called on the Conservatives to back an expansion of the windfall tax on oil and gas companies that could help fund an immediate freeze in energy bills this winter...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 22:30
Ofqual: rolling update - Information on qualifications which have been disrupted by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Results for BTEC First, Technicals and Tech Award Qualifications, and Cambridge Nationals are issued throughout the year...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 20:50
Israeli suppression of Palestinian rights organizations ‘illegal and unacceptable,’ say UN experts
Twenty-four UN-appointed independent human rights experts condemned on Wednesday, Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, describing it as “illegal and unacceptable.”
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 20:46
£900,000 funding awarded to support carers in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has announced the allocation of nearly £900,000 in the third round of grants from the Support for Carers Fund...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 16:43
Regular asymptomatic Covid testing paused in additional settings
Regular asymptomatic testing for Covid in all remaining settings in England will be paused from 31 August, as Covid cases continue to fall...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 16:40
Hydrogen sector development action plan
This sets out actions that HMG, industry and others are taking forward to realise economic benefits of hydrogen for UK...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 15:02
Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children
Statutory guidance on the planning, commissioning and delivery of health services for looked-after children...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 14:59
Prime Minister tells Ukraine "they will win" as he marks Independence Day
The Prime Minister travelled to Kyiv in a show of strength and solidarity with Ukraine...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 14:43
UK agrees two deals with major gulf trading partner Qatar
UK and Qatar ministers meet today for the third Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) in London, to bolster bilateral trade and investment ties across both nations...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 14:18
IFS: Scotland’s underlying public finances are improving as oil and gas revenues rise – but long-term challenges remain
Today’s GERS figures show that Scotland’s underlying deficit fell by more than that of the UK as a whole last year, when measured as a percent of GDP...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022 13:08