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Drivers risking festive nightmare as many admit they would drive the morning after drinking - AA

A significant minority of drivers would still get behind the wheel the day after a heavy night’s drinking, reveals new research as the annual Christmas party season kicks off...

Saturday, 17 December 2022 00:01

LGA: More than 4,500 primary school classes worth of children spending Christmas in temporary accommodation

Over 4,500 primary school classes worth of homeless children are spending Christmas in temporary accommodation amid concerns of a national homelessness crisis, the Local Government Association warns today...

Saturday, 17 December 2022 00:01

DfE blog: Building new schools – your questions answered

The School Rebuilding Programme is transforming hundreds of schools across the country and ensuring they are suitable for the future...

Friday, 16 December 2022 22:08

Amazon workers in Coventry have made history, says GMB Union  

Amazon workers at a Coventry warehouse will become the first in the UK to take formal strike action...

Friday, 16 December 2022 21:54

School governance update

Important news and communications from the Department for Education (DfE) relating to governance in maintained schools and academy trusts in England...

Friday, 16 December 2022 16:03

UK to continue global leadership on marine protection

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey today urged more countries to join the more than 120 nations who already support the pledge to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030...

Friday, 16 December 2022 15:48

New legally binding environment targets set out

Legally binding targets to protect our environment, clean up our air and rivers and boost nature have been published today (Friday 16th December) following extensive consultation as part of the government’s commitment to leave the environment in a better state for future generations...

Friday, 16 December 2022 14:33

Bailiffs: Enforcement of debt: Government Response to the Justice Committee’s Seventeenth Report of Session 2017–2019

The Justice Committee published its Seventeenth Report of session 2017–2019, Bailiffs Enforcement of Debt (HC 1836), on 11 Apr 2019. The Government’s Response and a covering letter were received on 13 December 2022 and are appended to this report...

Friday, 16 December 2022 13:20

Blog: Summer Interns - How GDS coped with our Autism

Every summer we welcome a number of students from diverse backgrounds into our Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) and this year, unlike for the last two years, we were able to meet them in person in our offices...

Friday, 16 December 2022 12:55

Unite warns government it has five days to stop NHS strike spreading

‘Don’t waste the weekend’, says Unite chief as ambulance workers set to join striking nurses on 21 December ...

Friday, 16 December 2022 12:50