Multi-million-pound investment in new homes and increased protection for vulnerable children in care
Young people in care will be better protected thanks to measures announced today to end unregulated provision – stamping out poor quality supported accommodation providers and rooting out bad practice...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 14:25
NAHT comments as government questioned about keeping schools open
Commenting as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education answers emergency questions in the House of Commons today on keeping schools open in face of Covid and the new omicron variant...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 14:00
Labour demands Government ‘act now’ to protect children’s education
Labour is demanding the Government ‘act now’ to protect children’s education and prevent the chaos seen last January when children returned to school for one day before being sent home again...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 13:59
ACS: Delay to Implementation of Deposit Return Scheme in Scotland
The Scottish Government has announced that the introduction of a deposit return scheme bottles and cans has been delayed and will go live across Scotland on 16 August 2023...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 12:33
Supported accommodation: Education Secretary's letter to Ofsted
Letter from Nadhim Zahawi, Secretary of State for Education to Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector regarding reforms to unregulated provision...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 12:26
Written statement: Home Office and Police data sharing arrangements on migrant victims and witnesses of crime with insecure immigration status - Dec 15
Minister for Safeguarding (Rachel Maclean): Today, I am pleased to announce the publication of the Home Office’s Review into data sharing arrangements between the Home Office and police on migrant victims and witnesses of crime with insecure immigration status...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 12:00
Written statement : Update on the Overseas Framework Consultation - Dec 15
Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen): The Chancellor’s Mansion House speech and accompanying document – ‘A new chapter for financial services’ – set out the Government’s vision for an open, green, and technologically advanced financial services sector...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 11:58
Protecting pension savers – five years on from the pension freedoms: Work and Pensions Committee to examine saving for later life
In the third and final part of its inquiry into the impact of the pension freedoms and the protection of savers, the Work and Pensions Committee is to examine what more needs to be done to help people plan and save for their retirement....
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 11:47
MPs to ask Government about January school openings
Chairman of the Education Select Committee Robert Halfon has had an Urgent Question accepted by the Speaker...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 11:07
New homes to produce nearly a third less carbon
New homes and buildings in England will have to produce significantly less CO2 under new rules announced by the government to help the country move towards net zero...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021 10:34