Government to provide £1M funding to the Auschwitzs-Birkenau Foundation
A £1m donation to help preserve the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and ensure the lessons of Auschwitz live on will be confirmed today...
Monday, 27 January 2020 07:43
UCL: British carbon tax leads to 93% drop in coal-fired electricity
A tax on carbon dioxide emissions in Great Britain, introduced in 2013, has led to the proportion of electricity generated from coal falling from 40% to 3% over six years, according to research led by UCL...
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01
Think tank bus report - "Millennial Bus Man" - Bus use falling steeply in England, but new markets emerging
A new report by the Independent Transport Commission (ITC) examines the changing travel behaviour in the bus market in England outside of London since the late 2000s...
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01
ASCL comment on gender gap in foreign languages
Commenting on the report from the British Council and Education Policy Institute on the gender gap in foreign languages, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01
New powers for the police to enforce drone laws
The Government has acted to give police forces across the country new powers to tackle the misuse of unmanned aircraft, including drones, as the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill has its second reading in Parliament today...
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01
LGA responds to Centre for Cities air pollution report
Responding to a report by Centre for Cities revealing that more than one in 19 deaths in the UK’s largest cities and towns is now linked to air pollution...
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01
LGA responds to Independent Transport Commission report on buses
Responding to a report by the Independent Transport Commission on changing travel behaviour in the bus market, Cllr David Renard, the Local Government Association’s transport spokesman, said...
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01
Greater Manchester stands together for second city-region-wide Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration
Greater Manchester will mark Holocaust Memorial Day with a special commemorative event at Manchester Hall on Monday 27 January...
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01
NEU comments on Gender Gap in Foreign Languages – EPI report
Commenting on the British Council study Boys studying foreign languages at GCSE in schools in England, commissioned by the Education Policy Institute...
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01
First Minister asks Wales to ‘stand together’ as world remembers the Holocaust
First Minister Mark Drakeford has asked Wales to stand together and celebrate difference as the world marks the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust....
Monday, 27 January 2020 00:01