Scottish Government: Brexit transition
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Welsh First Minster Mark Drakeford have written to the Prime Minister to request an extended Brexit transition period to complete negotiations and support businesses through recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
Friday, 12 June 2020 11:18
LGA statement on summer schools
Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People Board, said...
Friday, 12 June 2020 11:16
Water and energy networks could be used to deliver nationwide gigabit broadband
The government could give broadband firms access to more than a million kilometres of underground utility ducts in order to boost rollout of next-generation broadband...
Friday, 12 June 2020 11:09
Change of Governor of Bermuda: December 2020
Ms Rena Lalgie has been appointed Governor of Bermuda in succession to Mr John Rankin CMG...
Friday, 12 June 2020 10:47
Nearly 90% of secondaries and colleges to open to more pupils from Monday, says ASCL survey
Nearly nine out of ten secondary schools and colleges in England will open to more pupils from Monday, according to a survey by the Association of School and College Leaders...
Friday, 12 June 2020 10:45
GDP Figures - Anneliese Dodds responds
Anneliese Dodds MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to GDP figures, said...
Friday, 12 June 2020 10:43
NASUWT: Shielding teachers expected to go into school
One in five teachers who are shielding because they have been identified by the NHS as being clinically extremely vulnerable to coronavirus have been told to go into school, a survey by NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union has found...
Friday, 12 June 2020 10:41
Councils call for suspension of No Recourse to Public Funds during Covid-19 pandemic
The No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition needs to be suspended by government so that all vulnerable individuals are entitled to receive support during the coronavirus crisis, councils urge today...
Friday, 12 June 2020 09:59
TfL urges all Londoners to drive safely and watch out for new road layouts as more people than ever walk and cycle
Transport for London (TfL) is reminding Londoners to drive safely as large numbers of people are walking and cycling, and significant temporary infrastructure changes are being made across London to protect them...
Friday, 12 June 2020 09:53
Hate Crime in Scotland, 2019-20
A report on Hate Crime in Scotland 2019-20 was published today. This brings together figures on race crime, and on crime motivated by prejudice related to religion, disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity...
Friday, 12 June 2020 09:51