Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Education on Nov 23
Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate): What support he is providing to schools to help ensure their safe opening during the covid-19 outbreak...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 07:32
£16 million to introduce digital prescribing in hospitals
16 hospitals across England will receive a share of nearly £16 million to introduce electronic prescriptions...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 07:16
Understanding downward social mobility
A new report looks at downward social mobility, its impact and the differences between voluntary and involuntary downward social mobility...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 07:15
Funding boost for rape and domestic abuse support
Ministers have today (18 November 2020) confirmed a major funding boost for victims of rape and domestic abuse as services face dealing with greater demand this winter...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 07:13
IPPR: Winter Covid debt warning: young people, ethnic minorities, and renters among at most financial risk
Today the progressive think tank IPPR warns that problem household debt in the UK could rise significantly as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01
National Audit Office: Investigation into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic
Today the National Audit Office (NAO) reports a lack of transparency and adequate documentation of some key decisions...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01
PAC Report: DWP must tackle benefit fraud and error fairly, as numbers of claimants and incorrect payments skyrocket
Public Accounts Committee report warns on destabilising debt collection practices and potential discrimination and bias in using artificial intelligence to tackle ongoing, record levels of benefit error and fraud...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01
"Government should be concerned about a ‘post-covid exodus’ of school leaders", says NAHT
Today, education union NAHT is issuing a fresh warning that without a revolution in support for school leaders, the government risks a ‘post-covid’ exodus from the profession...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01
NAHT report - Wes Streeting responds
Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Schools, welcoming the report of the National Association of Head Teachers’ School Improvement Commission, said...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01
Sizewell C threatens stunning wild coast: Proposed nuclear power station would sabotage Government’s 30 by 30 pledge to nature, says Wildlife Trusts
This week the Government has announced ‘greater protections for England’s iconic landscapes’ and has promised to designate more Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01