UK and Canadian Trade Ministers celebrate trade deal ratification
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Canadian Minister for Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Mg speak to welcome ratification...
Friday, 19 March 2021 12:45
Law needs to change so skilled care workers have a decent pay rise, says Unite, following ‘deeply disappointing’ Supreme Court ruling
The government needs to step in and change the law following today’s (Friday 19 March) Supreme Court ruling that carers, who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight, are not entitled to the national minimum wage (NMW) for their whole shift...
Friday, 19 March 2021 12:42
Unite: ‘Damning verdict’ on government failure to prevent bus driver deaths
Unite, the UK’s leading union, which represents over 20,000 bus drivers in London, has described a new report from the University College of London...
Friday, 19 March 2021 12:41
UCL: Earlier lockdown would likely have saved lives of London bus drivers, reports independent review
An independent review into the deaths of London bus drivers from COVID-19, led by the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), finds an earlier national lockdown would likely have saved lives...
Friday, 19 March 2021 12:39
Green light for Coventry to become UK’s first £50m All Electric Bus City
Pollution-busting plans for Coventry to become the UK’s first All Electric Bus City have been backed by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) leaders today...
Friday, 19 March 2021 12:37
LGA responds to Supreme Court ruling on sleep-in shifts
The Supreme Court today confirmed that the National Minimum Wage does not apply to hours when workers are expected to sleep...
Friday, 19 March 2021 11:39
Dr Nicola Byrne to be the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has appointed the next National Data Guardian...
Friday, 19 March 2021 11:22
IFS: The government has addressed most of the short-term COVID-19 financial pressures facing English councils, but problems loom in 2022-23 and beyond
New analysis by IFS researchers as part of a project funded by the Local Government Association suggests that extra government funding for the current financial year will largely be sufficient to compensate for the overall impact of the COVID-19 crisis on English councils’ spending and income...
Friday, 19 March 2021 11:21
CLA responds as Government unveils gigabit broadband plans
The government has announced the first stages of its plans to get ultra-fast broadband to the majority of homes in the UK....
Friday, 19 March 2021 11:20
MPs to hear from athletes, campaigners and governing bodies on brain injury in sport
Pundit and former professional footballer Chris Sutton and former England rugby player Kyran Bracken will be among those giving evidence to the second session of the concussion in sport inquiry...
Friday, 19 March 2021 10:51