Extract from end of business adjournment debate on Fossil Fuel Extraction - Apr 26
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):...When it comes to the UK’s ongoing diplomatic responsibilities as COP President to strengthen climate ambition internationally...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 08:13
Extracts from FCDO questions: Israel - Apr 26
Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab): What diplomatic steps she is taking to ensure that the UK has a role in the international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 08:08
Third Reading (Lords) of the Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill (private bill) - Apr 26
Baroness Sater (Con): My Lords, I would like to say a few, very brief words...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 07:55
Food banks provide more than 2.1 million food parcels to people across the UK in past year, according to new figures released by the Trussell Trust
New figures released today reveal food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network provided more than 2.1 million parcels to people facing financial hardship across the country, from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:01
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