National Security and Investment Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 8
National Security and Investment Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 8...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 07:24
Financial Services Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 8
Financial Services Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 8...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 07:22
Businesses face £50 billion 'bombshell' in April as coronavirus support packages end, says Labour
Labour is today (Tuesday) warning that businesses face a bombshell in April of more than £50 billion which will cost jobs and blow a massive hole in the recovery...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Home Office “root and branch” reform needed, says IPPR report
The Home Office is in a state of policy paralysis after years of overseeing the deeply flawed hostile environment policy...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Labour calls for wage subsidy to boost apprenticeships as Government incentive fails to create opportunities
Labour is today reiterating its call for the Government to use a wage subsidy to create new apprenticeships...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
New UK Cyber Security Council to be official governing body on training and standards
The government has set up a new independent body to boost career opportunities and professional standards for the UK’s booming cyber security sector...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
NHS covid-19 App alerts 1.7 million contacts to stop spread of covid-19
Over 1.7 million app users across England and Wales have been advised to isolate by the NHS COVID-19 app following a close contact with someone who goes on to test positive, new data published today shows...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Universal Credit £20 weekly increase must be extended to prevent hundreds of thousands falling into poverty, MPs say
The Chancellor must maintain for another year ‘at the very least’ the £20 per week increase in Universal Credit (UC) and Working Tax Credit introduced to support families during the coronavirus pandemic, MPs say today...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Universal Credit: JRF responds to new Work & Pensions Committee report
A new report from the Work & Pensions Committee is recommending that if the Chancellor cannot yet commit to making the £20 uplift to Universal Credit permanent, he should at the very least extend it for a further 12 months...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Wales commits to net zero by 2050, but sets out ambitions to get there sooner
Welsh Government has today set out its legal commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, but is pushing to “get there sooner” as it gets ready for COP26 [26th United Nations’ Climate Change Conference of the Parties] in November...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01