Transport Scotland: Additional £29 million to maintain bus services
The Scottish Government is providing additional expenditure of up to £29 million to help bus operators maintain services during the coronavirus pandemic...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 12:08
Coronavirus testing for education
Every secondary school and college in England, as well as special schools and alternative provision, will have access to rapid coronavirus testing from January to help keep staff and students as safe as possible and in education...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 12:06
Independent decision-making Board for Sports Winter Survival Package confirmed
Following the Government’s announcement of a £300 million Sports Winter Survival Package to protect the immediate futures of major spectator sports affected by coronavirus restrictions in England, the composition of the independent decision-making Board has been confirmed...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 12:04
ASCL comment on Greenwich announcement
Responding to today’s announcement by Greenwich council over end-of-term arrangements, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 12:02
Committee reports on Airbus-Boeing dispute, and UK access to firearms data
In its latest report, the European Scrutiny Committee considers recent draft EU legislation and policy documents deposited in Parliament by the Government...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 12:00
£21 million awarded to farmers to boost productivity
Successful applicants of third and final round of Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme announced...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 11:59
Tees Valley mayor urges Tesla to bring gigafactory to Teeside
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Hartlepool Council Leader Shane Moore have urged billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Tesla Motors to look again at building the state-of-the-art electric car in Teesside after the company was forced to delay construction of a new factory in Germany...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 11:57
MPs to examine if EU-fund replacement meets Scotland’s needs
The Scottish Affairs Committee will examine what the Shared Prosperity fund means for Scotland, including how the recent Spending Review affects the delivery of the Fund and nation’s allocation...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 11:15
Is better local leisure coordination the key to a more active nation? Lords Committee to ask Local Government Association and local leisure organisations
The new House of Lords Committee on a National Plan for Sport and Recreation will this week take evidence on local delivery of sport and recreation activities...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 11:14
Priti Patel publishes paper on group-based child sexual exploitation
The paper, prompted by high profile cases of sexual grooming in towns like Rochdale and Rotherham, sets out academic evidence on characteristics of group-based offending...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 10:30