ASCL/ NAHT statement on meeting with TikTok about posts abusing teachers
Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), and Paul Whiteman, General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), met with representatives of the social media platform TikTok today...
Monday, 15 November 2021 15:59
Updated guidance: National Security and Investment Act: prepare for new rules about acquisitions
How new rules about acquisitions that could harm the UK's national security will work. These rules come into force on 4 January 2022...
Monday, 15 November 2021 15:31
UK terrorism threat level raised to SEVERE
The UK National Threat Level has been raised from substantial to SEVERE – meaning an attack is highly likely...
Monday, 15 November 2021 14:50
Written statement on Contingency arrangements for GCSEs and A/AS levels in 2022 - Nov 15
Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi): The government’s policy is that GCSE and A/AS level exams will go ahead in 2021/22...
Monday, 15 November 2021 12:53
Agricultural stakeholders to give evidence on UK-New Zealand Agreement in Principle
The House of Lords International Agreements Committee will this Wednesday be questioning stakeholders from the farming and agriculture industries on the UK-New Zealand Agreement in Principle...
Monday, 15 November 2021 12:24
Trade Secretary urges UK businesses to "Sell to the World"
Trade Secretary launches “Made in the UK, Sold to the World” campaign to encourage businesses to explore international markets at first International Trade Week...
Monday, 15 November 2021 11:42
Boosters give over 90% protection against symptomatic COVID-19 in adults over 50
Results from first UK real-world study by UKHSA show significantly increased protection against symptomatic disease from Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster dose in those aged 50 and above...
Monday, 15 November 2021 09:50
Labour calls on Tory MPs to do the right thing and stop another Owen Paterson scandal
Labour will use Wednesday’s opposition day debates to call time on the Tory sleaze scandal with a vote to end paid directorships and commercial consultancies in Parliament, Keir Starmer announced today...
Monday, 15 November 2021 09:31
Lords Industry and Regulators Committee transcript: Ofgem and net zero - Nov 9
The Committee will consider the role of the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), the UK’s energy regulator, in the transition to net zero...
Monday, 15 November 2021 07:48
Worst yet to come for households struggling with pandemic debt, says Senedd committee
Rising energy and food prices and the end of key government support signal difficult months ahead for households already in arrears due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Monday, 15 November 2021 00:01