Extract from Committee stage (Lords) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - Jan 16
Baroness Altmann (Con): My Lords, I shall speak particularly to the pensions aspect of Amendment 37, and I draw the House’s attention to my register of interests...
Friday, 17 January 2020 07:25
Extract from Oral answer (Lords) on Football: Racism - Jan 16
Lord Woolley of Woodford (CB): My Lords, does the Minister agree that the tackling of racial abuse in the Premiership and the persistent racial disparities within the Premier League is moving painfully slowly...
Friday, 17 January 2020 07:22
Allocation of sitting Friday's for Private Members' Bills - Jan 16
That Private Members’ Bills shall have precedence over Government business on...
Friday, 17 January 2020 07:18
Allocation of sitting Friday's for Private Members' Bills - Jan 16
That Private Members’ Bills shall have precedence over Government business on...
Friday, 17 January 2020 07:18
Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Sustainable Development Goals - Jan 16
Friday, 17 January 2020 07:14
Ash dieback project launches International Year of Plant Health
Three thousand trees have been planted in Hampshire as part of a pioneering project to tackle the devastating tree disease, Ash Dieback...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:54
Electric taxis to go wireless thanks to new charging tech trial
The UK could soon see a revolution in electric vehicle charging after the Transport Secretary announced today that £3.4 million will be invested in trials...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:42
National Audit Office report on Investigation into the rescue of Carillion’s PFI hospital contracts
The two PFI (Private Finance Initiative) hospitals that Carillion was building at the time it collapsed - Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Midland Metropolitan Hospital - are currently due for completion several years late...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
EPI: Government lacks strategy to improve early years workforce quality, threatening social mobility aspirations
A new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, examines how the government can develop the early years workforce in England, in order to improve the quality of provision...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01
LGA Survey: £250 million a year lost through business rate avoidance
Business rates avoidance is costing local services an estimated £250 million a year, a new survey by the Local Government Association reveals today...
Friday, 17 January 2020 00:01