Labour warns against ‘complacency’ as coronavirus second spike hits prisons
In September, prisons experienced their highest monthly increase in coronavirus infection rates since May, with three quarters of prisons reporting confirmed cases...
Friday, 9 October 2020 15:56
IoD responds to lockdown support announcement
Responding to the Government’s announcement of further support for jobs and companies affected by coronavirus restrictions, Roger Barker, Director of Policy at the Institute of Directors, said...
Friday, 9 October 2020 15:05
Support scheme expanded to firms required to close due to Covid restrictions
The government’s Job Support Scheme (JSS) will be expanded to protect jobs and support businesses required to close their doors as a result of coronavirus restrictions, the Chancellor announced today...
Friday, 9 October 2020 15:00
Anneliese Dodds responds to Chancellor's statement
Anneliese Dodds MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to the Chancellor’s statement on jobs and businesses, said...
Friday, 9 October 2020 15:00
DfE responds to Office for Students announcement on monitoring digital teaching quality at universities
Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said: “From the start of this pandemic, we have been clear that universities must continue delivering a high quality academic experience...
Friday, 9 October 2020 14:55
Guidance: Financial sanctions, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (update)
Certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations are subject to financial sanctions...
Friday, 9 October 2020 14:50
Regulator monitoring digital teaching quality at universities
England’s higher education regulator, the Office for Students, has today assured students that it is actively monitoring universities with significant numbers of students being required to take all their courses online as a result of local coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions...
Friday, 9 October 2020 14:19
NEU responds to NAHT conference call to cancel SATs in 2021
Responding to the NAHT Conference decision to lobby the government to cancel SATs in 2021, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Friday, 9 October 2020 14:18
Largest testing study for Coronavirus publishes latest findings
The fifth report of the country’s largest study on rates of COVID-19 infections in the general population in England has been published today, after 175,000 volunteers were tested...
Friday, 9 October 2020 13:30
Lucy Powell responds to reports of notice of administration at Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Lucy Powell MP, Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, commenting on reports that Edinburgh Woollen Mill has filed a notice to appoint administrators affecting 24,000 workers, said...
Friday, 9 October 2020 13:24