New measures targeting bomb-making materials come into force
Stronger restrictions on poisons and explosive substances came into effect on 1 October 2023....
Monday, 2 October 2023 11:24
Environmental Audit Committee writes to PM on net zero announcements
Today the Environmental Audit Committee publishes a letter sent from the Chair of the Committee, Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, to the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, raising questions arising from the Prime Minister’s recent announcement on net zero measures...
Monday, 2 October 2023 11:10
"Without end-to-end reform the entire Criminal Justice System could collapse" says new report from the Tony Blair Institute
The Criminal Justice System (CJS) is locked in a ‘doom spiral’ with criminals going unpunished and undeterred, a court system being overwhelmed and a prison system at breaking point...
Monday, 2 October 2023 11:07
Mobile phones in schools - NEU comments
Commenting on plans to instruct headteachers to establish an effective ban of mobile phones in schools, both during lesson times and in breaks, Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Monday, 2 October 2023 11:04
Water price increases 'insult’ - says GMB
Water privatisation has failed - consumers shouldn't have to pay for this failure, says GMB Union...
Monday, 2 October 2023 11:03
Shabana Mahmood responds to damning whistleblower testimony of life inside the government’s new flagship jail
Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to damning whistleblower testimony of life inside the government’s new flagship prison, said...
Monday, 2 October 2023 11:02
Six companies to proceed to next phase of nuclear design competition
Following on from the launch of the UK’s flagship Great British Nuclear earlier this year...
Monday, 2 October 2023 11:00
New guidance banning mobile phones in schools not needed, say school leaders
Commenting as the Education Secretary is expected to announce a new government policy aimed at banning mobile phone usage in schools at the Conservative Party Conference today...
Monday, 2 October 2023 10:50
NASUWT comment on proposed mobile phone ban in schools
It is widely reported this morning that the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, will issue guidance tantamount to a ban on mobile phones in schools as she addresses the Conservative Party Conference today...
Monday, 2 October 2023 10:23
ASCL comment on mobile phone ban during school day
Commenting on reports that the Education Secretary will announce guidance requiring that pupils should not use mobile phones during the school day, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Monday, 2 October 2023 09:48