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Geoff Barton to serve second term as ASCL General Secretary

Geoff Barton will serve a second term as General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders after being re-elected unopposed...

Friday, 19 March 2021 16:25

Financial Conduct Authority: Programme of events and publications: w/c 22 March

Programme of events and publications to be held by the Financial Conduct Authority next week...

Friday, 19 March 2021 16:07

Chancellor and G7 Finance Ministers agree milestone support for vulnerable countries

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his G7 counterparts today agreed to back proposals for vulnerable countries to receive further financial support during the global pandemic...

Friday, 19 March 2021 14:59

Consultation on plan to remove harmful chemicals from environment

Government consultation opens on plans to monitor, reduce and eliminate Persistent Organic Pollutants...

Friday, 19 March 2021 14:51

Avian Influenza: Housing measures set to be lifted on 31 March

Compulsory housing measures for poultry and captive birds are set to be lifted at the end of this month, the Chief Veterinary Officers from England, Scotland and Wales announced today...

Friday, 19 March 2021 14:08

NHS achieves key Long Term Plan commitment to roll out Integrated Care Systems across England

Patients will have better, more joined up care as Integrated Care Systems, which require all parts of the NHS to work with each other and their partners, are rolled out across the country from next month...

Friday, 19 March 2021 13:41

Liz Kendall comments on the Supreme Court’s decision on sleep in shifts

Liz Kendall MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Social Care, commenting on the Supreme Court’s decision on sleep in shifts, said...

Friday, 19 March 2021 13:27

UK and Canadian Trade Ministers celebrate trade deal ratification

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Canadian Minister for Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mg speak to welcome ratification...

Friday, 19 March 2021 12:45

Law needs to change so skilled care workers have a decent pay rise, says Unite, following ‘deeply disappointing’ Supreme Court ruling

The government needs to step in and change the law following today’s (Friday 19 March) Supreme Court ruling that carers, who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight, are not entitled to the national minimum wage (NMW) for their whole shift...

Friday, 19 March 2021 12:42

Unite: ‘Damning verdict’ on government failure to prevent bus driver deaths

Unite, the UK’s leading union, which represents over 20,000 bus drivers in London, has described a new report from the University College of London...

Friday, 19 March 2021 12:41