Extract from Oral answer (Lords) on South Africa: Money Laundering and Corruption - Oct 17
Baroness Kramer (LD): My Lords, I think the whole House would agree that the best way to prevent corruption is transparency...
Friday, 18 October 2019 07:30
Oral answer (Lords): South Africa: Money Laundering and Corruption - Oct 17
Lord Hain asked the Government what plans they have to impose similar sanctions to those announced by the United States Department of the Treasury on 10 October against Rajesh Gupta, Atul Gupta and Ajay Gupta for money laundering and corruption in South Africa...
Friday, 18 October 2019 07:28
Ofgem publishes final decision on electricity distribution funding requests
Ofgem has allowed £64m of funding requests by electricity distribution network companies to invest in physical site security...
Friday, 18 October 2019 07:25
Extract from Queen's Speech debate (Lords) - Oct 17
The Duke of Somerset (CB):...And what about trains? Electrification has been pathetically slow...
Friday, 18 October 2019 07:23
Extracts from Queen's Speech debate (Lords) - Oct 17
The Lord Bishop of Bristol (Maiden Speech):...Bristol is also a city of engineers, where ideas are turned into things which change our lives...
Friday, 18 October 2019 07:04
Extract from Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry into City Deals and Growth Deals in Wales - Oct 15
Guto Bebb: I was not going to follow up on that, but I have to ask this one because I would be wrong not to...
Friday, 18 October 2019 06:34
New research points way to closing disadvantage gap by 38% in primary schools, says EEF
EEF Families of Schools Database highlights how improved consistency and collaboration can help an extra 13,500 11 year-olds make the grade in reading, writing and maths...
Friday, 18 October 2019 00:01
800% increase in child modern slavery referrals made by councils, says LGA
Referrals of potential child victims of modern slavery made by councils in England have soared by 800 per cent in five years, the Local Government Association warns today on Anti-Slavery Day...
Friday, 18 October 2019 00:01
International Trade Secretary meets UK businesses on US tariffs
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has today met with businesses, including the Scotch Whisky Association and Johnstons of Elgin, to discuss retaliatory tariffs...
Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:44
An open letter to business from the Prime Minister: 17 October 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s open letter to business following the announcement of a new Brexit deal...
Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:39