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Extract from Welsh Parliament questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government - Jan 27

David Rees MS: Can I also put on record my thanks to the workers of the local authority and other agencies who worked tirelessly during that flooding on the Thursday and since...

Thursday, 28 January 2021 07:27

Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Justice on Feb 2

Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): What progress he has made on planning for the (a) opening and (b) operation of Nightingale courts...

Thursday, 28 January 2021 07:02

Damage to children’s mental health caused by Covid crisis could last for years without a large-scale increase for children’s mental health services, Children’s Commissioner warns

Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, is today (Thursday) publishing her fourth annual report on the state of children’s mental health services in England...

Thursday, 28 January 2021 00:01

Cybercriminals selling data breach victims’ stolen data on the dark web, Which? reveals

Fraudsters are advertising valuable personal data about consumers, with thousands of Tesco Clubcard accounts among vast databases of stolen details offered for a few pounds a time on the dark web, a Which? investigation has revealed...

Thursday, 28 January 2021 00:01

Latest findings from Covid-19 study published

The final findings from the eighth report of REACT, one of the country’s largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England, have been published today by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI...

Thursday, 28 January 2021 00:01

LGA responds to Children’s Commissioner’s annual report on children’s mental health

Responding to an annual report by the Children’s Commissioner which shows that damage to children’s health caused by the pandemic...

Thursday, 28 January 2021 00:01

Labour demands free school meals extension over February half term - Angela Rayner

Labour has today demanded that the Government extend free school meals over the upcoming February half term, warning that millions of children face going hungry “yet again” over the school holidays...

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:30

What consumer boom? Blow to Chancellor’s plan for recovery as only three per cent of UK households plan to spend savings in 2021 – while one in five plan to rein in spending

Only three per cent of UK households plan to spend savings built up during the pandemic this year as the Chancellor’s “out of touch” strategy for recovery starts to unravel...

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:30

£84 million boost for technology to power a green aviation revolution

Nearly 5,000 jobs could be secured in making the UK's aviation sector greener, thanks to a multi-million-pound boost for three pioneering research and development projects announced today...

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:30

Combined strength of the UK is crucial to building back better from pandemic, says PM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reinforced the importance of the strength of the United Kingdom in the fight against Covid-19...

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:30