Sopra Steria awarded contract to run traffic information service until 2026
Highways England has awarded Sopra Steria the National Traffic Information Service (NTIS) contract to provide round-the-clock real-time traffic information about England’s busiest roads...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:22
Andy McDonald comments on a deal being reached on fire and rehire with British Airways
Andy McDonald MP, Labour’s Shadow Employment Rights and Protections Secretary, commenting on the news that a deal has been reached on fire and rehire with British Airways, said...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:19
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