LGA responds to Sport in our Communities select committee report
Responding to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee report on Sport in our Communities Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Culture Tourism and Sport Board, Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson said...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 17:35
Scottish ambulance clinicians issue life-saving kits
Almost two-thirds of Scotland’s ambulance clinicians have been trained in supplying Take-Home Naloxone (THN) to people who may witness an overdose...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:14
Scottish Health Secretary officially opens national ‘Eye Centre’ and announces £11.5m additional funding to cut waiting times
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has today officially opened Scotland’s first National Treatment Centre at the NHS Golden Jubilee...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:12
Scottish government announces £1m to tackle social isolation and loneliness
Projects in Scotland supporting carers and disabled people are among nine initiatives that are set to share £1 million to tackle loneliness and isolation...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:10
Development of British made electric vehicles welcomed at Build Back Better Business Council meeting
Prime Minister Boris Johnson chaired a meeting of the Build Back Better Business Council this morning, the first in-person meeting this year...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 15:56
Labour: Tory spin on police numbers exposed as proportion of officers on the frontline lowest in a decade
Labour analysis of latest statistics reveal there are still huge gaps in police workforce, with 8,433 fewer officers, 7,633 fewer PCSOs, and 7,502 fewer police staff than in 2010...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 13:54
Labour comments on 'double tragedy' as homelessness for prison leavers soars
New statistics released today reveal that just 55% of prison leavers were recorded as having settled accommodation after release, compared to 89% in 2011...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 13:48
UK strengthens healthcare partnership with Kenya
The healthcare partnership between Kenya and the UK government has been strengthened today through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 13:00
Planning permission granted for new UK Holocaust Memorial (news release)
Planning permission has been granted to build the country’s first national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:14
GPhC takes action against pharmacies in connection with codeine linctus
Since July 2020 the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has taken enforcement action against 36 pharmacy premises and a pharmacy professional...
Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:11