UK to host its first global LGBT conference
The UK will host its first-ever global LGBT conference to tackle inequality around the world and urge countries to take action...
Sunday, 16 May 2021 11:04
Prime Minister appoints new Special Envoy on LGBT rights
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Lord Herbert of South Downs as the UK’s Special Envoy on LGBT rights...
Sunday, 16 May 2021 10:51
New data reveals Government summer schools will reach just 8% of pupils as Labour demands Ministers be ambitious for children’s recovery on National Children’s Day
On National Children’s Day [Sunday], Labour is calling on the Government to put children at the heart of an ambitious national recovery...
Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:01
NAHT comments on National Children's Day
Commenting on National Children’s Day (Sunday 16th May), Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said...
Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:01
Tree planting rates to treble by end of this Parliament
Plans to treble tree planting rates over the course of this Parliament will be set out by the Environment Secretary next week...
Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:01
UN Human Rights chief appeals for de-escalation in Israel-Palestine crisis
Amid increasing bloodshed and volatility in Gaza and Israel, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Saturday appealed for a de-escalation in tensions...
Saturday, 15 May 2021 21:02
Children bearing brunt of escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians: UNICEF
More than 40 children have been killed in the current crisis in the Middle East, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Saturday...
Saturday, 15 May 2021 20:58
Lisa Nandy comments on the targeting of media offices in Gaza by Israeli air strikes
Lisa Nandy MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, commenting on the targeting of media offices in Gaza by Israeli air strikes, said...
Saturday, 15 May 2021 20:55
LGA: Councils battling 20,000 fly-tipping incidents a week
Almost 20,000 incidents of fly-tipping occur every week in England, the Local Government Association is warning...
Saturday, 15 May 2021 00:01
Councils given further £200 million in next stage of successful rough sleeping programme
More rough sleepers are set to be helped off the streets and into safe accommodation thanks to a further £203 million funding, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced today...
Saturday, 15 May 2021 00:01