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Tees Valley mayor urges Tesla to bring gigafactory to Teeside

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Hartlepool Council Leader Shane Moore have urged billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Tesla Motors to look again at building the state-of-the-art electric car in Teesside after the company was forced to delay construction of a new factory in Germany...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 11:57

MPs to examine if EU-fund replacement meets Scotland’s needs

The Scottish Affairs Committee will examine what the Shared Prosperity fund means for Scotland, including how the recent Spending Review affects the delivery of the Fund and nation’s allocation...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 11:15

Is better local leisure coordination the key to a more active nation? Lords Committee to ask Local Government Association and local leisure organisations

The new House of Lords Committee on a National Plan for Sport and Recreation will this week take evidence on local delivery of sport and recreation activities...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 11:14

Priti Patel publishes paper on group-based child sexual exploitation

The paper, prompted by high profile cases of sexual grooming in towns like Rochdale and Rotherham, sets out academic evidence on characteristics of group-based offending...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 10:30

Personal Independence Payment statistics (update)

Statistics on Personal Independence Payment new claims and Disability Living Allowance claim reassessments...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 09:56

Universal Credit statistics (update)

These experimental statistics cover the number of people and households on Universal Credit, starts and claims...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 09:54

WTO Trade Negotiations Committee: UK statement

The UK's Deputy Permanent Representative to the WTO in Geneva, Andy Staines delivered the following statement, delivered this statement during the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 09:04

PM to visit India to boost jobs and prosperity

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India in January 2021 to strengthen a key strategic relationship which supports jobs and investment across the UK...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 09:03

Anneliese Dodds comments on today’s labour market stats on redundancies

Anneliese Dodds MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on today’s labour market stats which showed the number of people reporting they had been made redundant rose to a record high of 370,000 in the three months to October...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 08:23

Unemployment rises to 4.9%

Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market related statistics for the UK...

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 08:18