PAC: Government “complacent” about preventing “eye-watering” levels of fraud in the Covid Bounceback Loan Scheme
In a report today, the Public Accounts Committee says that the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) was “complacent in preventing fraud” in the 100% taxpayer-guaranteed Bounceback Loan Scheme...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
Labour comments on new Trussell Trust food parcel figures
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on new figures on food parcel numbers from the Trussell Trust, said...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Report sets out £43bn Economic Blueprint to Revitalise Rural Economy
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Rural Powerhouse has published a report on how to level up the rural economy...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
IPPR report reveals £8bn hit to UK prosperity as long-Covid and illness drives 400,000 more people from the workforce
A new IPPR report, published to mark the launch of a new Commission on Health and Prosperity, warns that the UK’s deep health inequalities and ineffective policies mean people are living shorter lives...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
Justice Committee calls for renewed focus to tackle endemic capacity issues in courts
The Justice Committee has called on the Government to do more to tackle the lengthy backlog facing the court system...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
IFS: Proposed minimum eligibility requirements for student loans could reduce higher education participation for ethnic minorities and poorer students
New IFS research finds that a blanket minimum eligibility requirement (MER) for access to student loans would be a highly imperfect way of improving student outcome...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
NAHT comments on call for more funding for school breakfast provision
Commenting on a report by education charity Magic Breakfast, which calls for the government to invest £75 million into school breakfast provision...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
Government “legalising littering” as one million fly-tipping incidents go unpunished, say Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative government of effectively "legalising littering," after shocking figures revealed that up to a million fly-tipping incidents went unpunished in 2020-21...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
Government responds to IFS research into proposed minimum eligibility requirements
Responding to the IFS research into proposed minimum eligibility requirements a Department for Education spokesperson said...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
Truss: we must “learn lessons of Ukraine” and adopt “new approach” to global security
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will use a keynote speech at Mansion House today (Wednesday 27th April) to argue for a “reboot” in the free world’s approach to tackling global aggressors in the wake of the Ukraine crisis...
Tuesday, 26 April 2022 22:30