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Oral answer (Lords) on Inheritance Tax: Cohabiting Siblings - Feb 10

Lord Lexden asked the Government what plans they have to make transfers of property between long-term, cohabiting siblings exempt from inheritance tax...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 15:54

New Teaching School Hubs to be rolled out across the country

Every school in the country will have greater access to expert teacher training and development, under plans announced by the Department for Education today...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 15:41

Extract from PMQs: Rural Housing - Feb 10

Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet) (Con) [V]: The Prime Minister has said, and he has written in his foreword to the environment White Paper, that he is pledged to protect the countryside...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 15:31

Over £42 million support extended for children with special educational needs and disabilities

Projects worth over £42 million to help raise educational standards, improve services and provide practical support to disadvantaged families and children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have had their funding extended...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 14:31

Unite vows to overturn GKN’s Birmingham factory closure plans and accuses Melrose of lying about its intentions

Unite, the UK’s leading union, has announced that it is working on a rescue plan to secure the future of the GKN plant in Chester Road, Birmingham that produces drivelines for major automotive companies in the UK...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 14:29

Government to bring an end to unsafe cladding with multi-billion pound intervention

Housing Secretary unveils a 5-point plan which will provide reassurance to homeowners and confidence to the housing market...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 14:28

REA: Prime Minister urged to provide catalyst to ‘geothermal decade’

The REA has today urged the Government to provide a catalyst the UK’s geothermal industry by delivering a package of support for the sector, as the closure of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) looms...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:43

Thangam Debbonaire responds to the Housing Secretary’s statement to the House of Commons on cladding

Thangam Debbonaire MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary, responding to the Housing Secretary’s statement to the House of Commons on cladding, said...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:39

Unite: Concern over future of the brewing industry as Heineken axes 8,000 jobs worldwide

Heineken’s announcement that it is cutting its global workforce by 8,000 jobs as the pandemic continues to hit the hospitality sector is ‘a matter for great concern’, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, said today...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:10

Angela Rayner responds to news that the Conservatives' London Mayoral candidate is being bankrolled by Lord Ashcroft

Angela Rayner MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, responding to the news that the Conservatives’ London Mayoral candidate is being bankrolled by Lord Ashcroft...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:09