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General public should not have to pay for 101 non-emergency calls from tomorrow

Home Office will invest £7 million each year to make the service free...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:47

Guidance: Universal Credit: Alternative Payment Arrangements

Guidance to providing Alternative Payment Arrangements for Universal Credit claimants who cannot manage their single monthly payment...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:09

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans – Rachel Reeves, BEIS Committee Chair, writes to Chancellor

Rachel Reeves, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has written to Rishi Sunak, outlining a series of concerns regarding the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:08

Coronavirus (COVID-19): letter to the construction sector

Letter from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma, to the UK's construction sector...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:07

Corbyn writes to PM demanding more tests and PPE for NHS workers

Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Opposition, has written to the Prime Minister with a plan for immediate action to improve the safety of our NHS and care workers...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:33

COVID-19: sample submission guidance for VICs and PME centres

APHA continues to provide post mortem and diagnostic testing support for livestock veterinarians but due to COVID-19 restrictions, the service is impacted...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:29

NHS frontline workers visas extended so they can focus on fighting coronavirus

Doctors, nurses and paramedics with visas due to expire before 1 October 2020 will have them automatically extended for one year...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:07

Foreign Office statement on North Korea missile test - 31 March 2020

The FCO comments on the fourth missile test carried out by North Korea this month...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 13:41

Don’t forget to thank school support staff too, says UNISON

The hard work of thousands of school support staff providing emergency care for key workers’ children countrywide appears to have been ignored by the government, says UNISON today...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 13:39

Recording of Treasury Committee’s evidence session on economic impact of Coronavirus published

The Treasury Committee held an evidence session this morning via Zoom with the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on the economic impact of Coronavirus...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 12:53