Over 50,000 households to get warmer, greener homes in £562 million boost
From this week, the homes of 50,000 households will be upgraded with green improvements from a £562 million fund, reducing carbon emissions and supporting thousands of green jobs...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:17
Fraudsters run riot as search engines fail to adequately protect users from scams, Which? reveals
Fraudsters are being left to run riot online as search engines leave victims exposed to sophisticated scams that are costing them huge sums of money and often devastating their lives, a Which? investigation has revealed....
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01
Peers “dismayed” at growing food and farming trade friction post-Brexit
British businesses face “outright export bans” on some goods and “structural” barriers to trade with Europe including more paperwork and higher transport costs, a new report by peers says...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01
Transport Committee: To hit its own decarbonisation deadline, Government must set out clear strategy for rail network
The rail industry needs a clear strategy from Government on how to decarbonise the network, says the Transport Committee in a new report, Trains fit for the future?
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01
Labour urges Government to reform Covid loan schemes with 750,000 businesses and 2 million jobs “on a knife edge”
In a speech this evening (Tuesday 23rd March) Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds will warn that businesses across the country stand “on a knife edge” without Government help to make Covid loans smarter...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01
Covid treatment developed in the NHS saves a million lives, according to new figures
Dexamethasone, an inexpensive and widely available steroid, has saved around one million lives worldwide since its discovery as an effective treatment for Covid-19 in a clinical trial in the NHS...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01
National Audit Office report on Investigation into government funding to charities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Today's report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that as at 19 February 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (the Department) had disbursed £454 million of £494 million it made available to support charities during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01
LGA: Frontline funding for public health teams crucial to post-pandemic recovery
Greater frontline funding for local public health teams is essential if we are to build back fairer from the devastating coronavirus pandemic and better protect ourselves from future outbreaks, councils and public health leaders say today...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01
LGA responds to launch of new independent rough sleeping commission
Responding to the launch of The Kerslake Commission on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, a new independent commission to learn lessons from the response to rough sleeping...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01
Plans announced to phase out lead ammunition in bid to protect wildlife
Lead ammunition could be phased out under government plans to help protect wildlife and nature, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow announced today...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:01