Extract from today's question time in the Commons
Question by Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): If he will implement the National Education Union's education recovery plan.
Monday, 1 March 2021 15:26
Update on the Vaccine Taskforce: 1 March 2021
Responsibility for the Vaccine Taskforce is to move jointly to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...
Monday, 1 March 2021 15:25
JRF sets out five tests for the Chancellor’s Budget
When announcing his roadmap out of the pandemic the Prime Minister pledged not to ‘pull the rug out’ from under people who needed support...
Monday, 1 March 2021 15:04
Rachel Reeves reacts to news that a PR firm linked to the Conservatives won a Test and Trace 'reputation management' contract without tender
Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, reacting to the news that a PR firm closely linked to the Conservative Party won a contract to provide "reputation management” for Test and Trace without tender, said...
Monday, 1 March 2021 15:02
NEU: Over 750 Local Councillors sign letter to PM calling for the extension of Free School Meals to pupils on Universal Credit
Ahead of the Chancellor's Budget statement this week, over 750 local councillors have signed a letter to the Prime Minister calling for more support so that no child is left behind...
Monday, 1 March 2021 13:59
Ed Miliband comments ahead of Budget on need for a green recovery
Ed Miliband MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, commenting ahead of the Budget on the need for a green recovery, said...
Monday, 1 March 2021 13:55
Department for Education statement: National Secondary Offer day
A statement from the Department for Education on National Secondary Offer day...
Monday, 1 March 2021 12:29
Government to answer urgent question on Vauxhall and battery manufacturing
Former BEIS Secretary Greg Clark has had an urgent question granted by the Speaker...
Monday, 1 March 2021 12:22
Shadow Home Secretary demands answers as Brazil strain reaches UK
The Shadow Home Secretary, Nick Thomas Symonds MP, in a letter to the Home Secretary, has today called for urgent answers to better understand what risk the British public has been placed under...
Monday, 1 March 2021 11:19
Full text of Anneliese Dodds' speech at Bloomberg
Anneliese Dodds MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, in a speech to Bloomberg, said...
Monday, 1 March 2021 11:18