Jermaine Jenas, Myleene Klass, Georgia Kousoulou amongst public figures backing Online Safety Bill as new research reveals social media companies should be doing more to protect children online
A number of high profile public figures including Jermaine Jenas, Myleene Klass, Georgia Kousoulou, Jo Frost and Laura Amies have today backed the government’s Online Safety Bill in the week the landmark internet safety laws returned to Parliament...
Friday, 9 December 2022 10:37
Ofqual: Open letters: arrangements for exams and assessments in 2023
Letters to heads and students about arrangements for GCSEs, AS and A levels and vocational qualifications in 2023...
Friday, 9 December 2022 10:14
UK Space Agency and NNL work on world’s first space battery
The UK Space Agency and the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) are to collaborate on the world’s first space battery powered by Americium-241...
Friday, 9 December 2022 10:11
UK sanctions target 30 corrupt political figures, human rights violators and perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence around the world
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has today (09 December) announced a new wave of sanctions that targets corrupt actors, and those violating and abusing human rights, as well as perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict...
Friday, 9 December 2022 09:19
Labour unveils plan for fast track processing for Albanians arriving by small boat
Labour has a plan to immediately introduce fast-track processing for Albania and other safe countries, as new Home Office statistics show that fewer than 1% of Albanian small boat asylum claims in the last year have been decided...
Friday, 9 December 2022 09:18
Written statement on Financial Services - Dec 9
Chancellor of the Exchequer (Jeremy Hunt): In the Autumn Statement, I set out the government's strategy for boosting growth by investing in our people...
Friday, 9 December 2022 09:12
Extract from Lords debate on Arts and Creative Industries Strategy - Dec 8
Lord Storey (LD):...There is a real concern that the Government’s approach will result in creative subjects falling victim to a vicious circle...
Friday, 9 December 2022 07:48
Lords debate on Independent Review of Children’s Social Care - Dec 8
Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab): My Lords, we find ourselves at a time described by the report of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care as “a once in a generation opportunity to reset”...
Friday, 9 December 2022 07:45
Lords debate on Arts and Creative Industries Strategy - Dec 8
Viscount Chandos (Lab): My Lords, a friend asked me, pleased as I was to have secured this debate...
Friday, 9 December 2022 07:43
Oral answer (Lords) on Rail Strikes: Impact Assessment - Dec 8
Baroness Randerson asked the Government what assessment they have made of potential impact of rail strikes called for 24 to 27 December on (1) passenger services, and (2) rail maintenance projects, scheduled for this period...
Friday, 9 December 2022 07:42