London Mayor steps up provision for rough sleepers as temperatures drop with new hotel accommodation opening
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has boosted the capital’s ability to get rough sleepers off the streets during the coldest days of winter by investing more than £800,000 in a new homeless accommodation at a hotel in east London...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 09:51
NEU: Strike ballot to go ahead in Girls' Day School Trust's 23 independent schools
An indicative ballot of National Education Union teacher members working in the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST)'s independent schools has shown overwhelming opposition to the employer's plan to withdraw from the Teachers' Pension Scheme...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 09:39
Lords debate on a motion to annul the Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 - Dec 6
Earl Attlee (Con): My Lords, in moving that the House annuls the Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) (No. 4) Regulations 2021, I make it clear that I do not intend to test the opinion of the House...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 08:48
Lords debate on a motion to approve the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021 - Dec 6
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Vere of Norbiton) (Con): My Lords, I beg to move the second Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 08:45
Oral answer (Lords) on Gambling: Children and Young People - Dec 6
Lord Foster of Bath asked the Government what assessment they have made of the research by Dr Raffaello Rossi and Professor Agnes Nairn What are the odds? The appeal of gambling adverts to children and young persons on Twitter, published in October...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 08:42
Oral answer (Lords) on Hate Crimes: Misogyny - Dec 6
Baroness Donaghy asked the Government what steps they are taking to make misogyny a hate crime...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 08:40
Second reading (Commons) of the Dormant Assets Bill - Dec 6
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 08:36
Commons statement on the Ten-Year Drugs Strategy - Dec 6
The Minister for Crime and Policing (Kit Malthouse): With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the Government’s new 10-year strategy for addressing illicit drug use, which has been published today...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 08:34
Statement (Commons and Lords) on Child Safeguarding: the case of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes - Dec 6
The Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi): With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement following the sentencing of the stepmother and father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes on Friday...
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 08:31
Oral answers to questions (Commons): Education - Dec 6
Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con): If he will make an assessment of the contribution of the introduction of the EBacc to social (a) mobility and (b) justice
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 08:25