£26 million Government funding to boost biomass in the UK
From today (20 December) innovative biomass projects across the UK can bid for a share of £26 million as the government ramps up plans to boost the use of materials such as grasses, hemp and seaweed to help the UK reach net zero...
Monday, 20 December 2021 00:01
Education Secretary calls for ex-teachers to return to classrooms
The Government is asking former teachers who have the skills and time to return to the classroom to sign up from today, Monday 20 December...
Monday, 20 December 2021 00:01
Government announces £22.5m million funding to help areas with low vaccine uptake forward
An additional £22.5million in funding and an army of vaccine ambassadors have been deployed across the country to encourage vaccine uptake...
Sunday, 19 December 2021 00:01
SAGE publishes University of Warwick paper on the Omicron variant
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies has today published a paper prepared by the University of Warwick on early modelling scenarios...
Saturday, 18 December 2021 17:46
Plans to phase out the use of peat in the amateur horticulture sector
Plans to ban the use of peat in horticulture in England and Wales by the end of this Parliament were set out by the Government today...
Saturday, 18 December 2021 11:09
Plans to phase out the use of peat in the amateur horticulture sector
Plans to ban the use of peat in horticulture in England and Wales by the end of this Parliament were set out by the Government today (Saturday 18 December) in an effort to protect precious peatland habitats and meet net zero targets...
Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:01
Jim McMahon responds to proposed ban on peat compost sales
Jim McMahon MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, responding to the Government’s consultation on banning the sale of peat compost to gardeners by 2024, said...
Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:01
Jonathan Ashworth comments on Age UK's 'Cost of Cold' report
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on a survey from Age UK's 'Cost of Cold' report finding 45% of over-60s are worried about heating their homes this winter, said...
Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:01
National protocol published for Spikevax (formerly COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna)
UK Health Security Agency has published a protocol for the administration of Spikevax to individuals in accordance with the national COVID-19 vaccination programme...
Friday, 17 December 2021 16:58
NEU comments on Government’s pay remit letter to STRB
Commenting on the Education Secretary’s letter to the School Teachers’ Review Body for the 2022/23 pay round, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Friday, 17 December 2021 16:15