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Levelling up investment unlocks £300 million Blackpool regeneration

A significant regeneration project that will deliver new leisure facilities, create jobs, boost tourism, and help level up Blackpool has been announced by Michael Gove today...

Friday, 11 November 2022 08:47

RAC: 60% of drivers think the state of local roads has got worse in the last year

Six-in-10 drivers (60%) believe the condition of local roads they use regularly is worse than a year ago, with a similar proportion (55%) complaining the standard of pothole repairs is – at best – ‘poor’, new RAC data* has found...

Friday, 11 November 2022 00:01

IFS: Funding for the early years likely to fall by 8% up to 2024 as a result of faster-than-expected cost rises

The early years sector in England received a significant uplift to its budget at the last Spending Review in 2021...

Friday, 11 November 2022 00:01

Bridget Phillipson responds to the IFS finding that funding for early years is likely to fall by 8% up to 2024

Bridget Phillipson MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to new findings from the IFS that funding for early years is likely to fall by 8% up to 2024, said...

Friday, 11 November 2022 00:01

NEU comments on IFS report on early years

Commenting on a new IFS report on government spending on early years and childcare, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Friday, 11 November 2022 00:01

The Integrated Review, Defence in a Competitive Age and the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy: Government Response to the Committee’s Report

The Defence Committee published its Second Report of Session 2022–23, The Integrated Review, Defence in a Competitive Age and the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy...

Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:33

PM call with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The Prime Minister’s spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this morning...

Thursday, 10 November 2022 13:18

Ten years of Automatic Enrolment achieves over £114bn pension savings

Automatic Enrolment has helped millions put more into their pension pots than ever before, according to new figures released to mark 10 years since the policy was introduced...

Thursday, 10 November 2022 11:40

Jonathan Ashworth comments on the ONS’s analysis of people out of the labour force because of long-term sickness

Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on the ONS’s analysis of people out of the labour force because of long-term sickness, said...

Thursday, 10 November 2022 10:49

Wes Streeting responds to the latest NHS waiting times figures

Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the latest NHS waiting times figures, said..

Thursday, 10 November 2022 10:12