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Police to receive more than £15 billion to fight crime and recruit more officers

The funding package for 2021 to 2022 will include more than £400m to continue recruitment of 20,000 extra officers...

Thursday, 17 December 2020 09:33

Extracts from Commons proceedings - Dec 16

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (Con): What discussions he has had with Welsh Government Ministers on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on pub closures in Wales

Thursday, 17 December 2020 08:59

Extract from Wales Questions: Manufacturing - Dec 16

Geraint Davies [V]: The delays in the Brexit deal, alongside the pandemic, have meant that the Welsh steel industry has been hit hard...

Thursday, 17 December 2020 08:55

Extracts from Wales Questions: Shared Prosperity Fund - Dec 16

Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP): With reference to the spending review 2020, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the UK shared prosperity fund...

Thursday, 17 December 2020 08:52

Extract from Commons ten minute rule bill on Arms (Exports and Remote Warfare) - Dec 16

Alyn Smith (Stirling) (SNP):...Drones—new technology that is evolving very fast—have changed warfare already...

Thursday, 17 December 2020 08:50

Extract from Lords second reading debate of the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill - Dec 16

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Non-Afl) [V]:...How will the legislation prevent organised crime...

Thursday, 17 December 2020 08:39

Extract from Lords repeat statement on Online Harms Consultation - Dec 16

Lord Clement-Jones (LD):...As regards the ambit of the duty of care, children are of course the first priority in prevention of harm...

Thursday, 17 December 2020 08:37

Extract from Scottish Parliament question time: Rural Economy and Tourism - Dec 16

Johann Lamont (Glasgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the recovery of the tourism sector in Glasgow, in light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

Thursday, 17 December 2020 07:37

Extract from Welsh Parliament statement on Covid-19 - Dec 16

Mark Drakeford MS (First Minister of Wales):...Of course, we are all having to calibrate our response to the changing pattern we see...

Thursday, 17 December 2020 07:26

Homeless in a pandemic: 253,000 people are trapped in temporary accommodation: Shelter investigation exposes daily struggle of life without a secure home

Shelter’s new report reveals 253,000 people in England are homeless and living in temporary accommodation during the pandemic – the highest figure for 14 years..

Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:01