National Audit Office report on Levelling up funding to local government
DLUHC has allocated £9.5 billion of funding for local government through three significant funds to support levelling up...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
New Hospital Programme: Inquiry finds no confidence Government will deliver on promises
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has no confidence that Government will deliver the new hospitals it promised...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
First electronic prescription service launches in Wales
Patients in Rhyl are the first in Wales to benefit from a new electronic prescription service, which allows GPs to send prescriptions securely online to the patient’s choice of community pharmacy, without the need for a paper form...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
Government takes leisurely approach to tackling food security, say MPs
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee today (Friday 17 November) publishes the Government’s response to its report on Food Security, published in July...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
Government ignores calls for sex education targeted at boys to tackle harassment
The Government has today refused to commit to a new strategy in schools on issues of sexual harassment and gender-based violence that is specifically aimed at engaging boys and young men, despite calls in a recent report from MPs on the Women and Equalities Committee...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
IFS: Housing costs take up three-and-a-half times as much of the budgets of the poor as of the rich, with significant implications for their standard of living
The poorest quarter of the population on average spent 21% of their household income on housing costs...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
School leaders call for Prime Minister to ‘put the country’s money where his mouth is’ on funding for education
Today (Fri 17 Nov), ahead of the government’s Autumn Statement next week (22 Nov), school leaders’ union NAHT, which represents the majority of schools in England, has called on the Prime Minister to ‘honour his promise’ on education funding...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
Business groups back new IPPR blueprint to end flip-flopping and to get serious about green industrial growth
The government’s constant chop and change of policies and personnel has led to a decade of low investment and low growth, according to a new report by IPPR...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
£8 billion boost to repair roads and back drivers
Millions of people will enjoy smoother, safer, and faster road journeys thanks to the biggest ever road resurfacing programme to improve local roads...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01
LGA responds to £8.3bn roads funding announcement
Responding to the Government’s announcement of £8.3 billion over the next 11 years to improve local roads, Cllr Darren Rodwell, transport spokesperson for the Local Government Association, said...
Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01