Education Secretary unveils new package of measures so employers can provide the heart of T Levels
The industry placement is a critical part of the T Level qualification giving young people the chance to gain vital hands on workplace experience in their chosen profession...
Sunday, 19 May 2019 14:34
31 schools in rural areas amongst the first to benefit from £200 million rollout of full fibre broadband
The starting gun has been fired on a programme to rollout gigabit-capable full fibre broadband to the most rural and remote locations in the UK...
Sunday, 19 May 2019 14:30
Gove delivers new £10m fund to plant over 130,000 urban trees
A new £10 million plan will see more than 130,000 trees planted across England’s towns and cities, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced today...
Sunday, 19 May 2019 00:01
Extract from Education Committee: Oral evidence: Accountability hearings - May 15
Chris Skidmore MP, (Minister of State for Universities, Department for Education):...On the broader point you make around looking at how we can establish and institutionalise degree apprenticeships...
Saturday, 18 May 2019 09:22
Extract from Work and Pensions Committee Oral evidence: Overpayments of Carer’s Allowance - May 15
Peter Schofield (Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions):...That takes me into a number of different places...
Saturday, 18 May 2019 09:19
Funding granted for new global platform to protect children from online abuse
A £635,000 investment from a Home Office-led consortium has been awarded to The Marie Collins Foundation (MCF), to support its vital work...
Saturday, 18 May 2019 09:19
High streets to benefit from £62 million heritage boost
A new £62 million fund will breathe new life into historic high streets across the country, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright announced today...
Saturday, 18 May 2019 09:16
Scottish Secretary David Mundell urges tennis bosses to serve up the next Andy and Jamie Murrays
Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell has urged the Lawn Tennis Association to build on the growing legacy of Andy and Jamie Murray...
Friday, 17 May 2019 15:00
Jeremy Corbyn says Brexit compromise talks with the government have “gone as far as they can”
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, has today (Friday) written to the Prime Minister to inform her that talks on finding a compromise agreement for leaving the European Union have “gone as far as they can” due to “the increasing weakness and instability” of the government...
Friday, 17 May 2019 10:57
Extract from Business Questions - May 16
Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire) (Con): In recent weeks and months, my constituency has tragically witnessed several suicides within the farming and rural community...
Friday, 17 May 2019 10:35