Government-backed 5G facility to be built in Oxfordshire
UK businesses will be able to tap into the potential of 5G and satellite technology as a new testing facility is being created...
Saturday, 28 November 2020 09:19
At-risk groups to receive free winter supply of vitamin D
More than 2.5 million vulnerable people across England will be offered free vitamin D supplements for the winter, the government has announced today...
Saturday, 28 November 2020 09:17
LGA: COVID-19 has devastated councils’ park services
Parks proved to be a lifeline for local communities during the COVID-19 crisis but the pandemic has had a devastating impact on councils’ park services, the Local Government Association sets out today...
Saturday, 28 November 2020 00:01
Tier 3 communities in North and Midlands set to miss out on millions from key business support grant in run up to Christmas, says Labour
Labour has today revealed that Tier 3 areas in the North and Midlands are set to miss out on millions of pounds from a key business support grant, risking communities being left behind in the run up to Christmas...
Friday, 27 November 2020 22:30
NEU demand that clinically extremely vulnerable staff should work from home after lockdown
Today, the National Education Union met with schools minister Nick Gibb. We presented evidence of rising COVID-19 infection rates in primary and secondary schools...
Friday, 27 November 2020 18:07
Social Mobility Commission makes recommendations for next year's exams
The Social Mobility Commission is pleased to be contributing to the planning process being led by the Department for Education and the exam regulators...
Friday, 27 November 2020 18:03
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee: Effects of the loss of grassroots sport due to Covid-19 to be explored by MPs
MPs will hear from academics on the social, economic and health consequences of the loss of sport and activity over the past year...
Friday, 27 November 2020 16:41
oint statement from Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and David Evans following a meeting with Labour Muslim Network
Following a meeting with Labour Muslim Network this afternoon, the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour party, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner, and Labour’s General Secretary, David Evans, have issued the below statement...
Friday, 27 November 2020 16:40
Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings: Shell - Nov 26
Claudia Webbe (Leicester East) (Ind):...The Tory Government continued to give oil companies further tax breaks until as recently as December 2018...
Friday, 27 November 2020 16:37
Extract from Business Questions: Rolls-Royce - Nov 26
Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (Lab) [V]: Can we have an urgent statement from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the offshoring of British jobs...
Friday, 27 November 2020 16:30