PM announces £232 million investment to support GB and NI athletes' path to Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Prime Minister and Culture Secretary have announced that the Government will provide £232 million to support Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes...
Sunday, 15 August 2021 21:07
All young people aged 17 and 17 in England to be offered vaccine by next week
All young people aged 16 to 17 in England are to be offered a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday 23 August to give them the vital protection provided by the vaccine before returning to school...
Sunday, 15 August 2021 00:01
Government to tighten rules to stop “greenwashing” of electricity tariffs
How energy retailers market ‘green’ electricity tariffs to consumers will be reviewed by the Government...
Sunday, 15 August 2021 00:01
Government to introduce world-leading ban on shark fin trade
The UK will go further than any other country to stop the cruel practice of shark finning International Ocean Minister Lord Goldsmith announced today, thanks to new legislation...
Sunday, 15 August 2021 00:01
UN experts urge Israel to ‘protect and encourage’ Palestine rights defenders
UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known, independent Palestinian child rights organization...
Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:18
Government’s work on tackling loneliness
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and the Office for Civil Society have published details of work and announcements on loneliness...
Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:13
Cost of NHS travel tests to be reduced and private provider list reviewed
UK holidaymakers will benefit from cheaper travel testing packages, with the price of some tests to fall by a fifth from today...
Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:09
New figures reveal extent of cuts to treatment services as record numbers die from alcohol-related diseases and drug poisoning
Analysis for the Labour Party by the House of Commons Library has shown that, from 2016/17 – 2019/20, local authority drug and alcohol misuse services faced real-terms budget cuts of 15 per cent...
Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:01
LGA: Obesity crisis: Treatment for Type 2 diabetes in children up by nearly 60 per cent in five years
Type 2 diabetes treatment rates in children and young people, a condition normally seen only in older adults and closely linked to obesity...
Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:01
Conservative plan to scrap BTECs risks embedding results inequalities for thousands of young people, Labour warns
Today [Saturday], Labour has warned that the Conservatives’ plan to scrap most BTEC qualifications risks embedding the inequalities seen in 2021 results for thousands of young people...
Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:01