CLA responds to Shared Rural Network pledge
Responding to news that three mobile operators have joined forces to boost rural coverage, CLA President Mark Bridgeman said...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:19
SNP must act now on quarantining and airport testing says Scottish Labour
Responding to Scottish Government comments today that Scotland “could go further” in travel restrictions and quarantining to help stop the spread of Covid...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 15:39
NASUWT comments on announcement on full school reopening
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s announcement that schools in England will not start to open more widely to pupils until at least 8 March at the earliest, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, said...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 15:01
TUC: Government must give working parents right to paid leave and furlough after school re-openings delayed
Responding to today’s (Wednesday) announcement by the Prime Minister that school re-openings will be delayed, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:42
NEU comments on Prime Minister’s Roadmap for Schools
Commenting on the Prime Minister's statement to the Commons on his roadmap for schools to begin opening more fully, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:38
NAHT comments on Prime Minister's announcement about lifting school lockdown measures
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “The Prime Minister has stated today that the earliest the government believes it will be safe for the country to admit more pupils back to school will be 8th March...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:37
PM statement on Covid-19
Mr Speaker, with permission, I will make a statement on the Government’s measures to safeguard our United Kingdom against the new variants of Covid until we have administered enough vaccinations to free ourselves from the virus...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 14:25
SNP pandemic plea to UK ministers: Extend theory test certificates
An SNP MP is today (Thursday) urging the UK government to extend the validity of theory test certificates in recognition of lockdown restrictions...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 13:49
ASCL comment on plan for full reopening of schools
Commenting on the announcement that the full reopening of schools is planned to begin from 8 March, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 13:48
Government confirms £10 million emergency support for steps 3-6 of the National League system
Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston has announced that Steps 3-6 of the National League system will receive up to £10 million to protect the immediate future of approximately 850 clubs over the winter period...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 13:39