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From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives (updated)

A 10-year plan to cut crime and save lives by reducing the supply and demand for drugs and delivering a high-quality treatment and recovery system...

Friday, 29 April 2022 13:31

Transcript from Levelling Up, Housing and Communities committee inquiry into Long-term funding of adult social care - Apr 25

This inquiry will focus on how adult social care should be funded in the long-term...

Friday, 29 April 2022 12:27

Passport processing times and unprecedented levels of demand

There has recently been considerable press coverage of people facing holiday cancellations or travel disruption due to waiting times for passports...

Friday, 29 April 2022 11:33

Guidance published on Grading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE) framework

A data sharing framework for linked administrative data on education, assessment and university admissions...

Friday, 29 April 2022 11:11

Increase in people deemed living on the streets in London – Crisis responds

New figures released today (29 April) by the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) show a decrease in rough sleeping with 2714 people forced to sleep rough in London from January – March 2022...

Friday, 29 April 2022 10:43

CMA publishes second state of competition report

The CMA has published its second assessment of how well competition is working in the UK and what that means for people and businesses...

Friday, 29 April 2022 10:11

Alcohol pricing has cost Scots £270 million, finds new IEA research

Over four years, Minimum Unit Pricing has cost the equivalent of £59.39 per adult or £71.12 per drinker, reveals new analysis...

Friday, 29 April 2022 09:53

British Army exercises boost presence across Europe

Around 8,000 British Army troops will conduct a series of planned exercises across Europe this summer in one of the largest deployments since the Cold War....

Friday, 29 April 2022 07:48

Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives calls for end to ‘exclusions culture’ as part of a new era of inclusive education to tackle scourge of teenage violence and exploitation

Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives calls for an end to ‘exclusions culture’ as part of a new era of inclusive education to tackle the scourge of teenage violence and exploitation and help all children to succeed at school...

Friday, 29 April 2022 00:01

Quiet and expensive – May Bank Holiday to be calmer than usual as costs and weather curb travel – AA

Two Bank Holiday weekends in quick succession, the rising cost of living and higher than usual pump prices, may well curb Britain’s appetite for travel this weekend according to the AA...

Friday, 29 April 2022 00:01