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District Councils’ Network urge public to take extra care when high streets open

The public are being urged to take extra care when visiting high streets and town centres to avoid a second spike in coronavirus infection, as councils prepare for the easing of lockdown restrictions...

Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:01

The behaviour of British Airways towards its employees is a ‘national disgrace’, say MPs

UK-based airlines and other aviation employers should not proceed hastily with large scale redundancies and restructuring to employees’ terms and conditions until the Job Retention Scheme ends in October 2020...

Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:01

"It’s time to act: Transport committee aviation report must be wake up call to government" says UNITE

Unite, the principal aviation union, has strongly welcomed the publication of the transport select committee’s report into the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the aviation sector...

Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:01

Mike Kane comments on the transport select committee report into covid-19’s effects on aviation

Mike Kane MP, Labour’s Shadow Aviation Minister, commenting on the transport select committee report into covid-19’s effects on the aviation industry, said...

Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:01

Working group established to measure for coronavirus prevalence in waste water

Sewage monitoring is being established across the UK as part of an advance warning system to detect new outbreaks of coronavirus...

Friday, 12 June 2020 19:03

New rules on face coverings coming in on Monday will help keep passengers safe, says Shapps

New rules requiring passengers to wear a face covering on their journey will come into force on public transport across England from Monday...

Friday, 12 June 2020 19:00

Education Secretary statement on deferrals

Responding to the data on deferrals outlined by UCAS Chief Operations Officer Sander Kristel today, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said...

Friday, 12 June 2020 18:54

Labour calls on Prime Minister to take personal responsibility for leading the national response to this weekend’s protests

Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary has called on the Prime Minister to rise to the challenge of this national moment of crisis, ahead of concerns around violent scenes this weekend, said...

Friday, 12 June 2020 18:00

RegWatchEurope (RWE) Board meeting (3rd June)

This summary covers the latest regular Board meeting of the RWE network...

Friday, 12 June 2020 16:18

Seminar with the Forum of Indian Regulators (FOIR) on Better Regulation (20th May)

The RPC’s Interim Chair Stephen Gibson was invited by FOIR, the Forum of Indian Regulators, to give a webinar presentation and answer questions on Better Regulation and the role of the Regulatory Policy Committee...

Friday, 12 June 2020 16:17