SRC: New restrictions increase pressure on Retailers
The First Minister has unveiled fresh Covid restrictions which it is believed will come into force this Friday. This includes re-introducing measures on physical distancing and managing crowds in Scotland’s 22,000 shops and making working from home legally enforceable...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 14:52
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
Commenting on the school attendance figures published today by the Department for Education, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 13:47
NEU comments on school attendance figures
Commenting on attendance figures for education settings on 9 December, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 13:46
NAHT comments on latest school attendance figures
Commenting as the government publishes its school attendance data from the first week of December, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 13:19
Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener (update)
This strategy sets out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to meet our net zero target by 2050...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 13:04
128% increase in households hit by the benefit cap since beginning of pandemic – Crisis response
Today, the Department for Work and Pensions has released the latest experimental statistics on how many households have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and August 2021...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 12:02
Plan to reform Human Rights Act
The Human Rights Act will be revised under plans unveiled by the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab today...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 11:12
Speeding fines down, but careless driving up during lockdowns – AA
Statistics released by the Home Office today show that the various lockdowns across England and Wales in 2020-21 saw speeding offences reduce by 12.9% when compared to 2019-20...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 11:10
NAHT comments on reports of schools closing early for Christmas
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “NAHT members tell me that this has been the hardest term of the whole pandemic...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 11:09
Chris Evans responds to report on navy procurement
Chris Evans MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement, responding to the Defence Select Committee’s report on navy procurement, said...
Tuesday, 14 December 2021 10:53