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£226m package to support vital bus services

Bus operators across the country will benefit from £226.5m in government funding to help ensure they continue to run vital services as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, Roads Minister Baroness Vere has announced today...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 16:37

Self-isolation to be eased for fully vaccinated adults in Step-4

From 16 August, double jabbed individuals and under 18s will no longer need to self-isolate if they are identified as a close contact of someone with COVID-19...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:55

Commons statement on Covid-19 Update - July 6

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid): With permission, I would like to make a statement on the pandemic and the road map to freedom...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:53

Oral answer (Lords): Livestock Feed: Processed Animal Protein - July 6

Lord Moylan asked the Government what steps they intend to take, if any, in response to the European Union’s expected reintroduction of processed animal protein into livestock feed from August...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:51

Oral answer (Lords): Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Tax Strategy - July 6

Lord Oates asked the Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of implementing a tax strategy that aligns with the United Kingdom’s net zero greenhouse gas emissions target...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:49

DfE: Covid restrictions in education settings to end at Step 4

Further Covid restrictions in education settings will end from Step 4, the Education Secretary has confirmed today...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:43

NASUWT: Removing self-isolation may accelerate covid spread in schools

Responding to the statement by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson in the Commons, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union said...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:42

Oral answers to questions (Commons): Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - July 6

Sarah Olney (Richmond Park) (LD): What guidance his Department issues to (a) retailers and (b) consumers to help raise awareness of the threat of online scams...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:27

Extract from BEIS questions: GKN Automotive: Birmingham Plant - July 6

Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of GKN Automotive on the viability of its factory in Birmingham being used as part of the national infrastructure for electric vehicles...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:25

Ellesmere Port will support sustainable mobility through the production of an all-electric vehicle, starting in 2022

Stellantis announces today a £100 million investment in Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port manufacturing plant to transform the site for a new era in electric vehicle manufacturing...

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:35