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Steve Reed responds to Knife and Offensive Weapon Sentencing Statistics

Steve Reed MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to statistics today showing that immediate custodial sentences for knife offences have fallen to their lowest level since 2015, said...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 12:12

Almost 135,000 retail jobs lost during pandemic as High Street "withers and dies" says GMB

Almost 135,000 traditional retail jobs were lost during the pandemic, GMB analysis of official figures suggests...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:02

Record levels of investment for UK's £10.1 billion cyber security sector

Revenue generated by cyber security firms rose by 14 per cent to £10.1 billion...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 09:11

Government Cyber Security Strategy: 2022 to 2030

This strategy sets out the government’s approach to building a cyber resilient public sector...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 09:07

Building Safety Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 16

Building Safety Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 16...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:37

Judicial Review and Courts Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 16

Judicial Review and Courts Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 16...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:36

Extract from Welsh Parliament: Questions to the Minister for Economy - Feb 16

Sioned Williams MS: Diolch, Weinidog. More than three in 10 households with a net income of less than £40,000 have seen their income drop since May 2021...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:32

New legislation to protect national security may prove ineffective if it does not become more targeted, says new HEPI report

A new HEPI report, What’s next for national security and research? by Dr Alexis Brown (HEPI Report 147), reviews what measures are in place to protect UK research from foreign interference...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:01

Migration has changed the size and shape of the UK’s workforce but economic impact of new migration regime is overdone by opponents and supporters, new Resolution Foundation research shows

Migration has altered the size and shape of the UK labour market in recent decades, but the move to a more restrictive regime since leaving the European Union won’t drive the ‘high wage‘ economy that the Prime Minister has claimed it will...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:01

Extra support to safeguard political impartiality in schools

New guidance to support teachers in tackling sensitive issues in the classroom in a politically impartial way is being published today, Thursday 17 February...

Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:01