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'Glasgow Glacier' named in honour of COP26 summit

While the world gathers in Glasgow over the next fortnight to make progress on tackling climate change, 10,000 miles away the city’s namesake will provide a stark reminder...  

Sunday, 31 October 2021 09:33

Extra funding to create jobs, expand woodlands and protect trees

Action to get more trees in the ground, create more jobs and improve access to nature across the country has been stepped up today...

Sunday, 31 October 2021 09:19

Scotland and Wales could be home to new floating offshore wind ports thanks to £160m UK government funding

New large-scale floating offshore wind ports and factories are to be built in the UK thanks to government investment, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced today...

Saturday, 30 October 2021 16:02

UK donates £20 million more Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines to countries in need

A further ten million Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been sent by the UK to COVAX, with ten million more due to be delivered in the coming weeks to some of the world’s most vulnerable people...

Saturday, 30 October 2021 09:43

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Four marshalled list of amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords - Oct 29

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Four marshalled list of amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords - Oct 29...

Saturday, 30 October 2021 09:40

GAD publishes technical bulletin following autumn budget

The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 to Parliament on 27 October. This bulletin focuses on areas in which GAD (the Government Actuary's Department) advises...

Friday, 29 October 2021 18:12

Guidance updated to allow flexibility in booster programme for most vulnerable

COVID-19 booster vaccines can now be given sooner than six months after their second dose to certain vulnerable people where this makes operational sense...

Friday, 29 October 2021 18:07

NEU comments on Pupil Learning Loss 

Commenting on a Department for Education-commissioned report on learning loss experienced as a result of the pandemic, which was carried out by the EPI and Renaissance...

Friday, 29 October 2021 16:10

ASCL comment on pandemic learning loss research

Commenting on the research published by the Department for Education on learning loss experienced by pupils as a result of the Covid pandemic...

Friday, 29 October 2021 15:14

16% rise in people rough sleeping for the first time in London – Crisis responds

New figures today from the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) reveal that from July to September 2021...

Friday, 29 October 2021 14:58