Agriculture Bill: Lords Non-Insistence and Amendments in Lieu - Oct 22
Agriculture Bill: Lords Non-Insistence and Amendments in Lieu - Oct 22...
Friday, 23 October 2020 07:32
Peers to question Government on funding for research into brain tumours on Nov 19
There will be a question for oral answer in the Lords on Thursday, November 19 on brain tumours...
Friday, 23 October 2020 07:09
National Audit Office report on Implementing employment support schemes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Today the National Audit Office (NAO) reports that the government quickly developed schemes to protect jobs and support businesses financially during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Friday, 23 October 2020 00:01
Smoking cessation and high-risk drinking increased in lockdown, says new research
The percentage of people who reported stopping smoking more than doubled after the Covid-19 lockdown was implemented in March...
Friday, 23 October 2020 00:01
Charity fundraising hit from Covid-19 will mean £7.8 billion less for medical research, warns IPPR
New research by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) shows the devastating impact of Covid-19 on health charities...
Friday, 23 October 2020 00:01
Treasury Committee launches new Economic Crime inquiry
The Treasury Committee completed an inquiry into economic crime in the previous Parliament...
Friday, 23 October 2020 00:01
HM Inspectorate of Prisons - report on an unannounced inspection of the detention of migrants arriving in Dover in small boats
Migrants arriving on the Kent coast in small boats were treated respectfully by immigration staff but held for lengthy periods in inadequate short-term facilities, inspectors found...
Friday, 23 October 2020 00:01
Sewage signals early warning of coronavirus outbreaks
A government-led project is successfully detecting traces of coronavirus in sewerage, providing an early warning for local outbreaks across the country and sharing data with NHS Test and Trace....
Friday, 23 October 2020 00:01
Prospect Union: This damning NAO report must make it impossible for ministers to continue to ignore excluded workers
General Secretary of Prospect Mike Clancy, responding to the NAO report on the government's employment support schemes, said...
Friday, 23 October 2020 00:01
Next stage of post-16 qualifications overhaul gets under way
The next step in the government’s drive to boost the quality of post-16 qualifications has been announced today (23 October) by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson...
Friday, 23 October 2020 00:01