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Rail passenger survey: punctuality key to rail recovery

A relentless focus on punctuality and reliability is needed from train operators, says the independent watchdog as it publishes its latest passenger satisfaction survey...

Wednesday, 9 February 2022 00:01

Patients to receive better care as NHS and social care systems link up

Patients will receive better, more joined-up care under new plans announced today to improve the links between health and social care...

Wednesday, 9 February 2022 00:01

New plans announced to slash red tape from 5G roll out and improve mobile phone connectivity

Eight winning projects will receive a share from the £4 million Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) to explore how digital software can help simplify local authority processes...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 23:21

£44 million Dormant Assets funding unlocked for charities and social enterprises

Additional £44 million allocated through the Dormant Assets Scheme, taking the total to almost £850 million over the past decade...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:01

Angela Rayner responds to the Government's ‘mini reshuffle'

Angela Rayner MP, Labour's Deputy Leader, commenting on the Government ignoring a parliamentary debate on the Conservatives' cost of living crisis in order to carry out a ‘mini reshuffle', said...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:20

NEU comments on Attendance Data

Commenting on attendance data for education settings up to 3 February, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:19

Taiwo Owatemi comments on research showing black women are at a 40% higher risk of pregnancy loss

Taiwo Owatemi MP, Shadow Women and Equalities Minister, responding to research showing that black women are at a 40% higher risk of pregnancy loss than white women, said...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 13:51

Health Secretary's Elective Recovery Plan statement

Mr Speaker, with permission, I’d like to make a statement on a new, ambitious Elective Recovery Plan...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 13:50

NAHT comments on latest government school attendance data

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “Today’s data shows us that the disruptions schools are experiencing due to staff absence remains very significant, with almost one in ten teachers absent from school...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 13:42

ASCL comment on school attendance figures

Commenting on the school attendance statistics published today by the Department for Education, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...

Tuesday, 8 February 2022 13:00