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Jonathan Ashworth responds to Health Secretary's statement on Coronavirus

Responding to the Health Secretary’s Statement on Coronavirus, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary has called for emergency legislation to give all workers the right to statutory sick pay...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 14:11

Police in strong position to support UK’s response to Coronavirus

The Government has published its action plan around the outbreak of the Coronavirus...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 13:04

MPs to debate radicalisation in the Palestinian school curriculum

On Tuesday, March 10th there will be a debate in Westminster Hall on radicalisation in the Palestinian school curriculum...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 13:00

Call for evidence: Collaborative use of live facial recognition technology

The Biometrics and Forensic Ethics group (BFEG) is investigating the ethical issues in the use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in collaboration between police forces and private entities...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 12:41

UCU: Fear of “reputation damage” prompts secret Russell Group meeting to call for leadership on casualisation

Casual contracts are affecting the physical and mental health of staff and having a negative impact on students’ learning, according to a secret report from universities in the Russell Group...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 12:07

NEU comments on the Coronavirus Action Plan

Commenting on the publication of a Government action plan to tackle the spread of Coronavirus, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 12:05

LGA responds to Coronavirus Action Plan

Responding to the Government’s action plan for dealing with coronavirus, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 12:04

Lib Dems: Govt must be transparent on powers to tackle Coronavirus

Responding to the release of the government's plan to tackle Coronavirus, Liberal Democrat Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 11:35

PM statement at Coronavirus press conference

Good morning and thank you for coming along, and I am very glad to be joined this morning by the government’s Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Advisor...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 11:34

Government handing taxpayers' money to a scandal-ridden company run by Tory Party Co-Chair – Jon Trickett

Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, commenting on the Government paying a company run by the Co-Chair of the Conservative Party £1.4 million to introduce Whitehall officials to high-net-worth individuals, said...

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 11:24