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UK strengthens ban on Russia aircraft and introduces new trade sanctions

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has announced a new suite of aviation sanctions...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 07:42

Elections Bill: Marshalled list of amendments for committee stage in the Lords as at Mar 8

Elections Bill: Marshalled list of amendments for committee stage in the Lords as at Mar 8...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 07:38

Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Education on March 14

Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): What steps he is taking to help ensure that families are able to access adequate early years support...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 07:15

ERS: New report calls for ‘real devolution’ to end ‘democratic deficit’ in English local government

Following the release of the Levelling Up White Paper, the ERS publish new survey research and proposals for devolving power in England – putting citizens, not Westminster, at the heart of decision making on how communities are governed....

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 00:01

Northern Ireland minority communities ‘overlooked’ by policymakers, says committee

The interests of minority ethnic and migrant communities in Northern Ireland are too often an afterthought amid the desire to balance the demands of Green and Orange politics according to a unanimous report...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 00:01

National Audit Office report on Regulating the financial sustainability of higher education providers in England

Universities' finances proved more resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic than had been feared but challenges remain in the medium-and long-term...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 00:01

PAC: MoJ’s “meagre” ambition to fix breaking CJS as year-plus waits for serious criminal trials more than trebles

In a report today the PAC says the Ministry of Justice’ “meagre ambition” to reduce the Crown Court case backlog...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 00:01

LGA: Review VAT on e-cigarette sales to help stop smoking efforts

The Government should cut Value Added Tax (VAT) on the sale of vaping products to help people to stop smoking, the Local Government Association says today...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 00:01

New state subsidy rules "a recipe for disastrous waste of taxpayer money", warns new IEA report

A new briefing paper from the Institute of Economic Affairs, Transparency in the Subsidy Control Bill: Lowering the reporting threshold, warns that the Subsidy Control Bill will allow UK public authorities to subsidise private enterprise for a range of purposes...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 00:01

Government response to NAO report into financial sustainability of HE providers

A Department for Education spokesperson said...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 00:01