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Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Defence on March 15

Gareth Bacon (Orpington): What recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of Annington Homes on the sale of military housing...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 07:17

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Copy of Bill and Explanatory Notes

A Bill to make provision about the police and other emergency workers...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 07:07

National Audit Office report on Local government finance in the pandemic

Today's report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that while effective action from government has assisted local authorities in surviving financially during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:01

Labour responds to NAO report on ‘Local government finance in the pandemic’

Steve Reed MP, Labour’s Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, responding to the NAO’s report on ‘Local government finance in the pandemic’, said...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:01

Which? calls for urgent government action over devastating emotional toll of online scams

Which? is calling for the government to urgently outline how it plans to tackle the harm caused by online scams...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:01

"Paternalistic" regulations won't address problem gambling, says new IEA research

The government risks introducing “extraordinarily paternalistic” measures aimed at deterring people from gambling, warns a new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:01

LGA statement on NAO report on local government finance in pandemic

Responding to the report by the National Audit Office on the impact of the pandemic on local government finances, Cllr James Jamieson, Chairman of the Local Government Association, said...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:01

“Unimaginable” cost of Test & Trace failed to deliver central promise of averting second - and third - lockdown, say MPs

In May last year NHS Test and Trace (NHST&T) was set up with a budget of £22 billion. Since then it has been allocated £15 billion more: totalling £37 billion over two years...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:01

TUC - lack of decent sick pay has massively undermined Test and Trace

Commenting on today’s (Wednesday) report by the Public Accounts Committee of MPs, which strongly criticises Test and Trace for failing to keep on top of infections, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:01

Appetite for homeworking has increased since start of pandemic, report shows

Homeworking will be one of the major and lasting outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Cardiff University academic predicts...

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:01