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Nearly one million ‘priority’ jobs excluded from Lifetime Skills Guarantee as Queen’s Speech fails to deliver opportunities

Labour has today [Thursday] revealed that nearly one million ‘priority’ jobs will be excluded from the Conservative’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee exposing the Government’s empty rhetoric on creating opportunities...

Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:01

PM unveils new aid for girls education to prevent pandemic ‘lost generation’

The Prime Minister will take part in live classroom link-up with schoolchildren in Kenya today...

Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:01

NHS’s £160 million ‘Accelerator Sites’ to tackle waiting lists

The NHS has today announced a £160 million initiative to tackle waiting lists and develop a blueprint for elective recovery as early reports show the health service is recovering faster after the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic...

Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:01

Labour responds to Trussell Trust State of Hunger report

Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to a report from the Trussell Trust highlighting the hardships people living on less than £250 per month during the pandemic have faced, said...

Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:01

De-escalation ‘an absolute must’ in Israel-Palestine conflict: Guterres

De-escalation of the Palestine-Israel conflict is “an absolute must” said the UN Secretary-General on Wednesday...

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 22:51

Calorie labelling on menus to be introduced in cafes, restaurants and takeaways

Calories will be labelled on menus and food labels in out-of-home food businesses from April 2022, the government has announced...

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 20:26

UK Finance responds to the Government's draft Online Safety Bill

Responding to the Government's draft Online Safety Bill, David Postings, Chief Executive of UK Finance, said...

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 20:22

LGA responds to Sport England’s Year 1 Implementation Plan of their Uniting the Movement strategy

Responding to Sport England’s year 1 implementation plan of their new Uniting the Movement strategy, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Culture Tourism and Sport Board, Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson said...

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:54

OIA response to Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

As expected, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill includes provisions that are relevant to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education' role...

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:37

Land Registry launches new Business Gateway community

HM Land Registry has launched a new Business Gateway community to support recent investment in application programming interface...

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:34