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Extract from Lords debate on Net-Zero Carbon Emissions - Apr 21

Lord Teverson (LD) [V]:...Transport is the one growing area of emissions in the UK and, with the rise of white vans and SUVs, it is not just air travel and shipping...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 08:00

Extract from PMQ: Police and Crime Commissioners - Apr 21

Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (Lab) [V]: In a recent Conservative party political broadcast, the Home Secretary claimed that only Conservative Police and Crime Commissioners are responsible for increasing police officer numbers...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 08:00

Extracts from Lords debate on Net-Zero Carbon Emissions - Apr 21

Baroness Sheehan (LD):...To play their essential role in meeting the net-zero target, local authorities must be adequately funded...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 07:48

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Commons as at Apr 21

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Commons as at Apr 21...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 07:46

Domestic Abuse Bill: Lords non-insistence, disagreement and amendments in lieu - Apr 21

Domestic Abuse Bill: Lords non-insistence, disagreement and amendments in lieu - Apr 21...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 07:44

Early sight of oral questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Apr 27

Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): How his Department determined the criteria for assessing bids to the Levelling Up Fund; and if he will make a statement...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 07:32

Finance (No. 2) Bill: Public Bill committee membership

The following MPs were selected to sit on the committee considering the Finance (No. 2) Bill...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 07:29

Trussell Trust: Record 2.5m emergency food parcels given to people across UK with just under 1m going to children – that’s two parcels every minute

Today, the Trussell Trust reports that food banks in its UK network gave more than 2.5m emergency food parcels to people facing crisis between April 2020 and?March?2021...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01

‘Crown jewels’ of our countryside under threat like never before, CPRE analysis of AONBs reveals

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) are some of our most precious landscapes, which many people would expect to mean that they are safe from being built on...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01

"Heavier social media use linked to more frequent drinking in young people" finds new UCL study

Heavier social media use is associated with more frequent alcohol consumption among young people in the UK, according to a new UCL study...

Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01