Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Defence on Sep 11
Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the retirement (a) age and (b) conditions for service personnel...
Wednesday, 6 September 2023 07:17
COVID business support fraud: Government slow to take action to recover estimated £1.1bn losses, says PAC
The Government has been slow to take action to recover losses to error and fraud in COVID grant schemes of over £1 billion...
Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:01
Local history to be celebrated under proposed national expansion of London’s blue plaques scheme
People across England will be able to celebrate local historical figures under a proposed expansion of the official blue plaques scheme which currently only operates in London...
Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:01
Welsh Government: New facility to double Wales’ plastic reprocessing capacity
A £45 million investment will more than double Wales’ plastic reprocessing capacity and create over 100 new jobs at the former Toyoda Gosei factory in Swansea...
Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:01
Labour to force vote to reveal what Rishi Sunak knew about dangers of RAAC before slashing school rebuilding programme
Labour will today (Wednesday) force a binding vote to release documents that show what the Prime Minister knew about the risks posed to children from dangerous Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) before slashing school rebuilding programmes in 2021...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 22:30
£880k available for proposals to help reduce cyber risk across defence
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new Themed Competition Reducing Cyber Risk Across Defence. Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 17:40
UK strengthens defence export ties with Poland
The UK and Poland have strengthened their defence ties today as Defence Minister James Cartlidge visited MSPO in Kielce, Poland...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 16:44
Single use vapes ban considered: Action to protect young people and the planet
Single use vapes could be banned in Scotland, as part of plans to protect public health and the environment...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 15:42
NAHT comments on suggestion schools have been slow to respond to RAAC
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 15:40
Scottish Government: Growing the economy and tackling poverty - 2023-24 Programme for Government published
Reducing poverty, delivering growth, tackling climate change and providing high-quality public services will be the Scottish Government’s top priorities for the year ahead, First Minister Humza Yousaf has pledged...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 15:36