£27m fund for fire alarms in buildings with a waking watch: ministerial direction
Letters regarding the ministerial direction to fund fire alarms in all buildings with a waking watch....
Monday, 10 January 2022 16:04
Minister urges policing leaders to renew focus on driving down homicide
Reducing homicide and delivering safer streets for all remain at the top of the government’s agenda to cut crime and level up in the new year, Policing Minister Kit Malthouse set out today...
Monday, 10 January 2022 15:44
Oral questions in the Commons on AJAX
During questions to Defence ministers in the House of Commons today, Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) asked: What recent estimate he has made...
Monday, 10 January 2022 15:28
Staff absences caused by covid-19 having serious impact on schools - NASUWT poll
Nearly a quarter of teachers say staff absences due to Covid-19 are having a major impact on their schools, a survey released by NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union has found...
Monday, 10 January 2022 14:42
Terms of Reference for Angiolini Inquiry published
The Home Secretary Priti Patel has today (10 January) published the terms of reference for the first phase of the Angiolini Inquiry...
Monday, 10 January 2022 11:54
Green Party protest urges Labour to oppose Policing Bill as it reaches House of Lords
The Green Party has urged Labour to oppose the dictatorial powers within the Policing Bill as it reaches the House of Lords this week...
Monday, 10 January 2022 11:35
LGA responds to government plans to force developers to meet cladding costs
Responding to warnings by government that developers must pay to fix cladding crisis, Cllr David Renard, housing spokesperson for the Local Government Association, which represents 350 councils across England and Wales, said...
Monday, 10 January 2022 11:06
Energy crisis requires wholesale reform to tackle rising prices and fuel poverty, warns Prospect union
Leading energy union Prospect has published a new report calling on the government to urgently reform the retail energy market after soaring gas prices caused the collapse of many smaller providers...
Monday, 10 January 2022 09:49
Broken promises don’t pay the bills: Labour slams Gove’s broken promise on energy VAT cut
Labour has criticised Michael Gove and Boris Johnson for breaking their promise to cut VAT on energy bills...
Monday, 10 January 2022 08:14
Government action on planning, SMEs and housing for the elderly needed to address housing crisis, says Lords committee report
Today the cross-party Lords Built Environment Committee has published its report, ‘Meeting housing demand’...
Monday, 10 January 2022 00:01