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DBEIS launches Green Distilleries Phase 2 Competition

In his 2020 Budget speech, the Chancellor announced £10 million of new research and development funding to help distilleries go green...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 11:52

Second reading (Lords) of the Forensic Science Regulator Bill - Mar 18

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op): My Lords, I pay tribute to my honourable friend the Member for Bristol North West, Mr Darren Jones, for his success in the Private Member’s Bill ballot and for skilfully navigating his Bill through the other place...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 09:30

Second reading (Lords) of the Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill - Mar 18

Baroness Blower (Lab) [V]: My Lords, this is a brief, straightforward and technical Bill, but none the less important. Its purpose is simple and clear: it would extend the duty to safeguard and provide for the welfare of children to all providers of publicly funded post-16 education and training in England...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 09:28

Second reading (Lords) of the Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill - Mar 18

Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab) [V]: My Lords, I pay tribute to my honourable friend Mike Amesbury for steering the Bill through the Commons unscathed and with such strong cross-party and, indeed, government support...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 09:24

Domestic Abuse Bill: Amendments tabled for third reading in the Lords as at Mar 19

Domestic Abuse Bill: Amendments tabled for third reading in the Lords as at Mar 19...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 09:21

Financial Services Bill: Marshalled list of amendments tabled for report stage as at Mar 19

Financial Services Bill: Marshalled list of amendments tabled for report stage as at Mar 19...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 09:20

Major broadband providers not up to speed during pandemic, Which? reveals

Some of the UK’s biggest broadband providers have been letting down their customers on connection reliability, internet speeds and value for money during the pandemic, according to Which?’s annual customer satisfaction survey...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:01

New raft of measures to prepare our high streets and seaside resorts for summer

Measures to support a safe and successful reopening of our treasured high streets and seaside resorts ahead of a great summer were announced today by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:01

Trials to find preventative covid-19 treatments for most vulnerable to launch in the UK

Hundreds of thousands of the UK’s most vulnerable people could be set to benefit from innovative treatments that stop them catching COVID-19, as two new government-funded clinical trials launch in the UK...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:01

Councils given the power to build more homes for first time buyers and for social rent

Councils in England will have more freedom on how they spend the money from homes sold through Right to Buy (the sale of a council house), to help them build the homes needed in their communities, under reforms announced today...

Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:01