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Commons consideration of Lords amendments to the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill - June 25

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Paul Scully): I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 1...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 16:29

UK commits to support Sudan’s future

The UK Government today announced that it will help Sudan, one of the world’s most fragile countries, rebuild its economy...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 16:22

Response to article published in the FT on Wednesday 24 June on ventilators

An article published in the Financial Times on 24 June makes a number of inaccurate and misleading claims about the Government’s Ventilator Challenge...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 16:20

Putting railways under the control of Network Rail is "ill-advised", says Professor Len Shackleton

In response to the news that the government will “renationalise” Britain’s railways using emergency coronavirus measures, Professor Len Shackleton, IEA Editorial and Research Fellow, said...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:41

Statement from spokesperson for Keir Starmer about Rebecca Long-Bailey

A spokesperson for Keir Starmer said...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:19

Councils' financial woes must be spur for ‘ambitious reconstruction’ says Unite

Unite, the UK’s leading union, which represents tens of thousands of local authority workers...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:59

LGA responds to Business and Planning Bill to support reopening of hospitality sector

Responding to today’s government announcement that new laws and a simplified licensing and planning process will be introduced in a Business and Planning Bill to support the reopening of pubs, restaurants and cafes...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:56

Business and Planning Bill: Copy of Bill and Explanatory notes

A Bill to make provision relating to the promotion of economic recovery and growth...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:51

Labour demands further answers in Westferry 'cash-for-favours' scandal

Labour has today written to Robert Jenrick to come back to the House of Commons to explain major discrepancies between the account he gave Parliament about his role in the Westferry cash-for-favours scandal...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:49

District councils respond to support for pubs, cafes and restaurants

Responding to the licensing and planning changes made by the Government for pubs, cafes and restaurants, Cllr Mark Crane, District Councils’ Network lead member for stronger economies, said...

Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:48