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Voucher scheme boost to help thousands more families resolve disputes away from court

Thousands more families are set to benefit from a government mediation scheme that has been helping separating parents resolve disputes...

Saturday, 28 August 2021 10:05

LGA: Rural residents missing out on vital local services due to surge in barns turned into homes without planning permission

Rural communities risk missing out on vital local services due to planning laws which have allowed a surge of almost 225 percent in homes converted from barns and farm buildings without planning permission in the past five years...

Saturday, 28 August 2021 00:01

Preparations in place for ongoing vaccination programme

As a responsible government, we have put plans in place wherever possible throughout the pandemic in order to respond quickly...

Saturday, 28 August 2021 00:01

Next steps to tackle plastic waste

The war on plastic waste is set to be ramped up with fresh plans to stop the supply of a range of single-use plastics that threaten our natural environment...

Friday, 27 August 2021 22:30

Guidance on UK involvement in the EU Space Programme

Background from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy on how the UK participates in the EU Space Programme...

Friday, 27 August 2021 20:39

Government issues updated guidance on National ANPR standards

These documents relate to law enforcement automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and the National ANPR Service (NAS)...

Friday, 27 August 2021 16:13

Teachers' pension scheme payments: 2021 to 2022

Teachers' pension scheme payments made on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE) in the 2021 to 2022 financial year...

Friday, 27 August 2021 16:01

EAC comment: Environment Bill amendments – storm overflows

Commenting on the Government’s new amendments to the Environment Bill relating to storm overflows, Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, said...

Friday, 27 August 2021 15:26

NEU comment on SAGE statement on schools reopening

Commenting on a Consensus Statement on Covid-19 by SAGE, written on 11 August and made public today...

Friday, 27 August 2021 15:25

ASCL responds to SAGE warning over 'exponential increases’ in school coronavirus infections

Commenting on the release of a report to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) by the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M), warning of ‘exponential increases’ in coronavirus infections in secondary schools...

Friday, 27 August 2021 15:15