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Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: Amendments tabled for report stage in the Commons as at Jan 11

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: Amendments tabled for report stage in the Commons as at Jan 11...

Tuesday, 11 January 2022 07:24

Professional Qualifications Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Commons as at Jan 11

Professional Qualifications Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Commons as at Jan 11...

Tuesday, 11 January 2022 07:23

Councils’ finances performed much more strongly than initially expected during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic - IFS report

In a new report, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, IFS researchers find that English councils’ finances held up much better during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–21, than previously thought...

Tuesday, 11 January 2022 00:01

Cost of congestion in capital revealed as car use remains high post pandemic

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has revealed the cost of traffic congestion to the capital and warned that unless efforts increase to deliver a green, sustainable recovery from the pandemic...

Tuesday, 11 January 2022 00:01

Protecting and enhancing the environment to be at the heart of new housing and infrastructure developments

Plans to ensure wildlife can be better protected and enhanced in developments have been set out in a consultation launched today (Tuesday 11 January) by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow...

Tuesday, 11 January 2022 00:01

Labour forces binding vote on VAT cut on home energy bills – as government refuse to back a windfall tax that would help to support families

Labour is today urging Conservative MPs to vote for a VAT cut to home energy bills over the next year, as the energy and cost of living crisis continues to escalate...

Monday, 10 January 2022 22:30

GMB welcomes move towards new nuclear reactor

After years of inaction, the UK has gone from being a world leader in nuclear power to having to play catch up, says GMB Union...

Monday, 10 January 2022 21:30

New rules to protect value of small pension pots laid in Parliament

New measures to protect small pension pots from being eroded by charges were laid in Parliament today (Monday 10th January 2022)...

Monday, 10 January 2022 16:37

Government sets out new plan to protect leaseholders and make industry pay for the cladding crisis

The government has reset its approach to building safety with a bold new plan to protect leaseholders and make wealthy developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis...

Monday, 10 January 2022 16:25

£27m fund for fire alarms in buildings with a waking watch: ministerial direction 

Letters regarding the ministerial direction to fund fire alarms in all buildings with a waking watch....

Monday, 10 January 2022 16:04