G7 to boost girls’ education and women’s employment in recovery from Covid-19 pandemic
G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting in London this week will invest $15 billion in development finance over the next two years to help women in developing countries...
Monday, 3 May 2021 08:30
CEBR: Carbon Border Taxes could transform world trade, but the cost is likely to be higher prices
The UK has given a high level of priority to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 1 – 12 November 2021...
Monday, 3 May 2021 00:01
Limit to mourners at funerals to be removed
Families and friends will shortly be able to pay their respects to loved ones in greater numbers, with numerical limits on funerals to be removed...
Monday, 3 May 2021 00:01
Labour accuses Minister of giving “misleading” answers on the impact of a Conservative ‘stealth cut’ to school budgets
Labour has accused Conservative Schools Minister, Nick Gibb MP, OF giving “misleading” answers on the impacts of a ‘stealth cut’ to pupil premium funding...
Monday, 3 May 2021 00:01
New Lord Speaker Lord McFall calls for reduction in the number of peers
Speaking to The Westminster Hour for his first interview since assuming his post on 1st May, Lord McFall – the newly elected Speaker of the House of Lords – told Carolyn Quinn...
Sunday, 2 May 2021 23:46
UK sends further life-saving support to India
India’s fight against a surge in coronavirus cases will be reinforced by new UK Government support announced by the Prime Minister today...
Sunday, 2 May 2021 22:03
Care homes residents allowed more out of home visits
All care home residents will be able to participate in more out of home visits without having to isolate on their return, the government has announced today..
Sunday, 2 May 2021 00:01
UK hosts G7 foreign ministers' meeting in London
G7 Foreign and Development Ministers will travel to London this week for their first in-person gathering in more than two years. Talks will be hosted at a Covid-secure venue in the centre of the city from Monday to Wednesday.
Sunday, 2 May 2021 00:01
Lords set to select more hereditary peers is ‘insult to voters,’ says Electoral Reform Society
Hereditary peer ‘by-elections’ – where aristocrats vote to pick other hereditary aristocrats to sit in the House of Lords for life – are set to resume...
Saturday, 1 May 2021 14:53
Product packaging less recyclable in the UK than other countries, Which? reveals
The packaging of popular branded products is less recyclable in the UK compared with other countries, Which? has found, as research from international consumer groups reveals consumers around the world face barriers to recycling...
Saturday, 1 May 2021 00:01