Energy white paper: Powering our net zero future
Energy white paper setting out how the UK will clean up its energy system and reach net zero emissions by 2050...
Monday, 14 December 2020 10:34
ASCL comment on controversy over the final week of the school term
Commenting on the situation regarding Covid infection rates and the final week of the school term, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Monday, 14 December 2020 10:11
NEU comments on School Closures
Commenting on calls by the Mayor of London to move London schools to online learning this week, and a move to do so by Greenwich Council, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Monday, 14 December 2020 09:58
Negotiations on the UK’s Future Trading Relationship with Australia: Update
The third round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations with Australia took place between Monday 23 November and Friday 4 December...
Monday, 14 December 2020 09:52
University of Roehampton research reveals that both regular and intermittent smoking reduces brain power
New brain imaging research has revealed for the first time that people who only smoke cigarettes occasionally for social reasons run a similar risk as regular smokers of reducing their grey matter volume...
Monday, 14 December 2020 09:31
Government is right to recognise that new build nuclear must be part of Net Zero solution, Says Prospect
Mike Clancy, general secretary of Prospect, responding to the publication of the Energy White Paper, said...
Monday, 14 December 2020 09:30
Government sets out plans for clean energy system and green jobs boom to build back greener (Re-Sent with link to white paper)
Plans to support up to 220,000 British jobs, and keep bills affordable as we transition to net zero by 2050...
Monday, 14 December 2020 09:24
New network of sensors to tackle toxic air pollution across London
Hospitals, schools and businesses across London will be able monitor levels of air pollution in their local area, as the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launches a new network of sensors at key locations as part of his Breathe London air quality monitoring project...
Monday, 14 December 2020 09:21
LGA – Climate-related incidents affecting eight in ten councils
Eight in ten councils surveyed by the Local Government Association have been affected by a climate-related incident in the last five years – with just over 23,000 properties in England affected by flooding in the last five years..
Monday, 14 December 2020 00:01
New job creation plan needed to prevent New Year spike in unemployment, says Lords report
The Government needs to shift spending away from wage subsidies and towards creating new jobs, if it is to prevent a spike in unemployment next year...
Monday, 14 December 2020 00:01