Labour responds to data showing free school meals pupils were 1.3 times more likely to be off school in the Autumn Term
Kate Green MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to new data showing pupils on free school meals were 1.3 times more likely to be off school in the Autumn Term than their peers, said...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 11:34
Unite: Government steel U-turn buys ‘breathing space’ for industry but long-term solutions needed
Commenting on the government’s U-turn on retaining safeguards to prevent cheap steel flooding the UK market, Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing, Steve Turner, said...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:59
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Angola: Roger Stringer
Mr Roger Stringer MBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Angola in succession to Mrs Jessica Hand...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:03
Chancellor sets out how UK financial services can create prosperity at home and project values abroad in first Mansion House speech
Plans to make the UK the world’s most advanced and exciting financial services hub to create prosperity at home and help the UK project its values abroad, were set out by the Chancellor in a speech at Mansion House today (1 July)...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 09:57
CBI responds to Nissan gigafactory announcement
Responding to the Gigafactory announcement, Tony Danker, CBI Director-General, said...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 09:45
Numbers on furlough halve in three months
More than one million workers came off furlough in the four weeks between the end of April and the end of May alone...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 09:43
A new chapter for financial services
Published alongside the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, this document sets out the government’s vision for the future of the financial services sector...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 09:27
Labour slams Conservatives’ “broken promises” as new data shows one in eight young people are locked out of education, employment or training 5 years after leaving school
Labour has today slammed the Conservatives’ ‘broken promises’ on creating opportunity as data shows one in eight young people are not in education, training or employment...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 08:40
Ed Miliband responds to the announcement of a new Nissan gigafactory
Ed Miliband MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, responding to the announcement of a new Nissan gigafactory, said...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 08:38
UNITE: Nissan's announcement of a gigafactory for Sunderland is a fantastic first for the UK - but cannot be the last
Nissan's new gigafactory is a ‘fantastic first but cannot be the last', if the UK auto sector is to have the future it deserves, the country's leading car industry union, Unite, warned today...
Thursday, 1 July 2021 08:37