Healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk of dementia – Alzheimer’s Society comments
New research has highlighted that living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person’s genetic risk of dementia....
Sunday, 14 July 2019 16:00
New research shows cognitive reserve may prevent against damage caused by air pollution – Alzheimer’s Society comments
New research by University of Southern California presented today (Sunday 14th July) at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) indicates that cognitive reserve...
Sunday, 14 July 2019 16:00
Another Internationalism is Possible: John McDonnell says international bodies not fit for purpose to tackle climate change
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP will use his speech at the opening plenary of Labour’s inaugural International Social Forum to call for a shake-up of international economic institutions and greater democracy at the international level...
Saturday, 13 July 2019 00:01
£100m migration fund helps alleviate council pressures across England
Councils across England are set to receive a further £28 million to help ease pressures on local services resulting from recent migration...
Saturday, 13 July 2019 00:01
Climate change and net zero: BEIS Committee to question Energy and Clean Growth Minister Chris Skidmore MP
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee is to question interim Energy and Clean Growth Minister Chris Skidmore...
Friday, 12 July 2019 16:24
'Teachers can be proud of contribution to pupils' lives', says Hinds
Teachers have been hailed for the life-changing contribution they make to young people’s lives in a speech by Education Secretary Damian Hinds...
Friday, 12 July 2019 14:39
New Lords committee on democracy and digital technologies to open inquiry with evidence from Baroness O’Neill
The new House of Lords Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies will next week open its inquiry by taking evidence from Baroness O’Neil, a leading expert on ethics and the role of trust and accountability in politics and the media...
Friday, 12 July 2019 14:33
New Defra Chief Scientist appointed
Professor Gideon Henderson has been appointed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to be the department’s new Chief Scientific Adviser...
Friday, 12 July 2019 14:23
New inquiry: Can increased devolution boost England’s cities and regions?
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has launched a new inquiry into progress on devolution...
Friday, 12 July 2019 13:53
Problem gambling in the UK: Lords to question department directors
On Tuesday 16 July the House of Lords Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry will hold its first evidence session...
Friday, 12 July 2019 11:45