MPs call for VAT reductions in green sectors to grow back better after covid-19
Chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee, Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, will be making a statement in the House of Commons on the EAC’s recent report...
Thursday, 25 February 2021 10:06
Thangam Debbonaire responds to rough sleeping figures
Thangam Debbonaire MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary, responding to rough sleeping figures released by the Government, said...
Thursday, 25 February 2021 10:05
Rough sleeping snapshot in England: autumn 2020
Statistical release about the annual single night snapshot of the number of people sleeping rough in local authorities across England...
Thursday, 25 February 2021 10:03
Office for Students: Students more confident with online learning than lecturers are about teaching digitally
Universities and colleges need to boost training and support for lecturers to realise long-term advantages of digital teaching and learning, a new landmark report has said today...
Thursday, 25 February 2021 10:00
Ed Miliband comments on reports on the future of the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant
Ed Miliband MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, commenting on reports of talks about the future of the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant continuing, said...
Thursday, 25 February 2021 09:59
Sainsbury’s to sponsor COP26 climate summit in Glasgow
Sainsbury’s joins SSE, Sky, Scottish Power, NatWest Group and National Grid as Principal Partners for UN climate change summit
Thursday, 25 February 2021 09:58
Direction issued to Ofqual about qualifications
Direction from the Secretary of State for Education to Ofqual's Chief Regulator about how GCSE, AS, A level and vocational and technical qualifications should be awarded in 2021.
Thursday, 25 February 2021 09:49
Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: November 2020
The number of individuals claiming the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant up to 31 October 2020 by age, gender, industry sector and geography...
Thursday, 25 February 2021 09:46
Need for Sunak to extend £20-a-week Universal Credit boost indefinitely underpinned by Unite survey
The pressure on chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the £20-a-week uplift in Universal Credit (UC) indefinitely in next week’s budget has been reinforced by a new survey from Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union...
Thursday, 25 February 2021 08:43
Lords motion to approve the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Area) Regulations 2021 - Feb 24
The Minister of State, Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Lord Greenhalgh) (Con): My Lords, you will recall that under the business rates retention scheme introduced in 2013-14, local authorities typically keep up to 50% of the business rates collected from local ratepayers...
Thursday, 25 February 2021 08:41