£3.5m Circular Economy fund for public bodies to support a green recovery opens in Wales
A new £3.5m round of the Circular Economy Fund for public bodies for post-Covid response and a green recovery in Wales opens for applications today...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 13:12
Written statement: Action 19 of the Economic Crime Plan - Nov 11
Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen): As part of the Government’s July 2019 Economic Crime Plan...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 13:10
Written statement: National Security and Investment Bill and response to the National Security and Investment White Paper - Nov 11
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Alok Sharma): I am today introducing the National Security and Investment Bill to update the Government’s investment screening powers and strike the right balance between maintaining an open economy and giving us the tools we need to intervene in cases of serious concern...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 13:06
Teachers must be allowed to use app say Greens
Scottish Greens education spokesperson Ross Greer MSP has called on education secretary John Swinney to intervene after it emerged teachers were being instructed to disable or remove the contacting tracing app from their phones...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 13:03
Landmark Agriculture Bill becomes law
Legislation that will unleash the potential of agriculture has passed into UK law today...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 12:32
Labour demands transparency for the taxpayer over £130 million government spend on ‘communications consultants’
Over £130 million has been spent on communications consultancies since January, Labour has today reported. 23 different communications consultancies have been used by the UK Government since the year began...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 12:16
Welsh Government: Education Minister announces Christmas travel plans for students
Universities are working together to help students make safer plans for the end of term...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 12:15
Foreign Secretary statement on the expulsion of pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: "China’s decision to arbitrarily remove elected pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators from their positions...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 11:47
Education Committee writes to Secretary of State on cancellation of summer exams and 2021 series
The Education Committee has written to the Secretary of State for Education to highlight serious concerns about the independence, accountability and transparency of the exams regulator Ofqual...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 11:45
It's never been more important to tell the great story of vaccines, says ABPI Chief Executive Richard Torbett
COVID-19 has put shone a spotlight on the pharmaceutical industry like never before...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 11:40