Oil and gas: OPRED communications (update)
Published communications issued to stakeholders relating to regulation of environmental and decommissioning activity for UK offshore oil and gas operations...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:42
Student nurses who joined frontline do not deserve to be cast aside - Madders
Justin Madders MP, Labour's Shadow Health Minister , commenting on reports student nurses who joined the frontline to help tackle the coronavirus are now having their contracts ended, said...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:26
Universities Minister announces mental health support for students
Universities Minister, Michelle Donelan, talks to HEPI about the impact of Covid-19 on the sector and mental health support for students during this time...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:25
Self-employed new parents can claim support grant
Further details of the change for self-employed parents will be set out by the start of July in published guidance....
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 12:34
Traffic commissioners to resume in-person hearings
Physical attendance at public inquiries and other hearings are due to resume from Monday 6 July, with social distancing measures in place...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 11:12
World-first scheme underway to tackle antimicrobial resistance and protect UK patients
A pioneering scheme to provide new antibiotics to NHS patients by offering to pay pharmaceutical companies upfront for their work will start this week...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 10:30
New US-UK agreement boosts UK’s spaceport plans
The UK and US governments have signed a new agreement paving the way for US companies to operate from UK spaceports and export space launch technology...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 10:29
London Mayor commits to immediate pay cut and urges ministers to halt new era of austerity as he outlines almost £500m cost of Covid-19
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today warned that he will be left with no choice other than to make significant cuts across the Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade, Transport for London and the Greater London Authority...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 10:27
Statement on launch of UK-New Zealand FTA
Joint Statement by Secretary of State Truss and Minister Parker on the launch of negotiations for the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 10:26
Takeaways accused of ‘taking the pee’ as food couriers denied toilet access, says Unite
Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has demanded that takeaways and major fast food chains stop breaking the law and allow fast food couriers to use their toilets...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 09:56