London Mayor urges Government to devolve more adult education funding
The government should urgently commit to devolving further adult education funding to the capital – or risk undermining London’s long-term recovery from Covid-19...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020 06:00
New scheme funding rules risk undermining Defined Benefit pensions and would cost employers billions of pounds, say Ros Altmann
A row has been brewing about the proposed new funding rules for DB schemes, which the Government is supporting in the Pension Schemes Bill which has passed through the Lords and is now in the Commons...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020 00:01
Largest COVID-19 antibody testing programme publishes findings on antibody response over time
Findings published by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI today suggest that our antibody response to COVID-19 reduces over time...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020 00:01
£150 million wasted by Government on useless PPE could have covered the cost of free school meals until Easter, says Labour
The amount of money the Government has wasted on a single PPE contract for unusable face masks could have all but paid for free school meals until next Easter, new analysis by Labour reveals...
Monday, 26 October 2020 22:30
Coronavirus ‘feeds off instability’, disrupting Israel-Palestine peace efforts
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process reminded the Security Council on Monday of the Secretary-General’s renewed appeal for a global ceasefire to respond to COVID-19...
Monday, 26 October 2020 22:13
Warrington moved to high COVID alert level
Following close discussions with local leaders, Warrington will move from Local COVID Alert Level High to Very High from 00.01 on Tuesday 27 October.
Monday, 26 October 2020 17:35
Chi Onwurah comments on the news that 600 Post Office free to use ATMs are to be lost by 2022
Chi Onwurah MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Minister, commenting on the news that 600 Post Office free to use ATMs are to be lost by 2022, said...
Monday, 26 October 2020 17:13
Half of nurseries and childminders don't expect to survive until next summer - Tulip Siddiq responds
Tulip Siddiq MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years, responding to DfE data showing that around half of nurseries and childminders don’t expect to survive until next summer, said...
Monday, 26 October 2020 16:59
Normalising relations between Israel and its neighbours and pushing forward and Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East...
Monday, 26 October 2020 16:40
Oral answer (Lords) on Covid-19: Social and Economic Inequalities - Oct 26
The Lord Bishop of London asked the Government what plans they have to ensure that (1) social, and (2) economic, inequalities are addressed in their plans for economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Monday, 26 October 2020 16:16