ASCL comment on plans for on-site Covid tests in schools
This afternoon, the Department for Education has sent an email telling secondary schools to prepare to test their pupils on-site on return to school in January...
Friday, 26 November 2021 16:05
Scottish Government invited to work with UK Government to deliver ambitious transport improvements
Prime Minister underlines commitment to stronger transport connections between Scotland and the rest of the UK as the UK Government publishes Sir Peter Hendy’s independent Union Connectivity Review...
Friday, 26 November 2021 15:42
Islamist terrorist group Hamas banned in the UK
Government proscribes terrorist group Hamas in its entirety...
Friday, 26 November 2021 15:40
Ofgem CEO and Minister at BEIS face Lords scrutiny
On Tuesday 30 November at 9:30am, the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee will question Greg Hands MP, Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, and Jonathan Brearley, CEO of Ofgem...
Friday, 26 November 2021 15:05
Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on France withdrawing Priti Patel's invitation to Calais meeting
Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on France withdrawing an invitation to Priti Patel...
Friday, 26 November 2021 14:14
NPT Safeguards Agreement with Iran: E3 statement to the IAEA, November 2021
On 25 November, the UK's Ambassador to the IAEA, Corinne Kitsell, delivered a statement on behalf of the E3, addressing Iran’s implementation of its safeguards agreement under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
Friday, 26 November 2021 13:47
Oral Statement on B.1.1.529 variant
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has given a statement to Parliament on a new variant under investigation and action government is taking...
Friday, 26 November 2021 12:15
Government ‘muzzled its own watchdog’ after Hammond let off for breaking lobbying rules
Labour’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner has accused the Government of ‘muzzling its own watchdog’ after Ministers refused to sanction a former Tory Chancellor who was found to have broken rules by lobbying Treasury officials on behalf of a bank...
Friday, 26 November 2021 11:44
NAHT comments on extension to free period product scheme for schools
Commenting as the government announces that their free period products scheme for schools will be extended, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said...
Friday, 26 November 2021 11:43
Keyworkers helped on to the housing ladder through flagship government scheme
A nurse and a police officer are among the first people be helped on to the housing ladder through a new affordable home ownership scheme, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced today...
Friday, 26 November 2021 10:47