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UK universities to face new ballots for further industrial action

The University and College Union (UCU) has announced today that it will open new industrial action ballots over cuts to pensions and deteriorating pay and conditions...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:55

Proposed Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has proposed an Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme to provide funding for innovation projects...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:10

UK to phase out Russian oil imports

The UK will phase out imports of Russian oil in response to Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine by the end of the year, the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed today...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:44

Ed Miliband responds to the government’s Russian oil announcement

Ed Miliband MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Climate and Net Zero, responding to the government’s announcement that the UK will phase out Russian oil, said...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:43

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's speech Health Reform in the 2020s

Even in the historic surroundings of the Dorchester Library, I know that for many of us, our hearts and minds will be with Ukraine...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:41

Government response on giving PCCs greater powers of competence

Government response to the consultation on giving Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) greater powers of competence...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:40

Ministerial appointment: New Minister for Refugees

The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Richard Harrington as a Minister of State (Minister for Refugees) jointly in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Home Office...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:24

E3 statement to the IAEA Board of Governors on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, March 2022

On 08 March, the UK’s Ambassador to the IAEA, Corinne Kitsell, delivered a statement on behalf of the E3 to the IAEA Board of Governors addressing Iran’s implementation of its nuclear commitments under the JCPoA....

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 15:58

Guidance published on Ukrainian nationals in the UK: visa support

Ukrainians already in the UK with a visa will be able to extend their stay by extending their visa or switching to another immigration route, where eligible, even if their visa does not normally allow them to do so...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 15:54

Amendments to police pension schemes in England and Wales 2022

In November 2021, the Home Office published a consultation on Public Service Pensions: Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2022, to enact the first phase of the McCloud remedy...

Tuesday, 8 March 2022 15:14