Tulip Siddiq responds to analysis from leading charities highlighting funding crisis in children’s services
Tulip Siddiq MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years, commenting on new analysis from leading charities showing a funding crisis in children’s services, said...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 00:01
New partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and Royal Statistical Society to support Joint Biosecurity Centre COVID-19 response
The Alan Turing Institute and Royal Statistical Society will partner with the Department of Health and Social Care’s Joint Biosecurity Centre to provide further independent statistical modelling...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 00:01
Sadiq Khan condemns Government proposal for Transport for London funding that would hit Londoners with 'triple whammy' of higher costs
Sadiq Khan has today hit out at a Government proposal to provide Covid19 funding for Transport for London (TfL) by hitting Londoners with a triple whammy...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 00:01
European Parliament leads the way on first set of EU rules for Artificial Intelligence
On Tuesday, MEPs adopted proposals on how the EU can best regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) in order to boost innovation, ethical standards and trust in technology...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 00:00
Sobriety tags launched to tackle alcohol-fuelled crime
Criminals in Wales who commit alcohol-fuelled crimes can be banned from drinking and ordered to wear a ‘sobriety tag’ by judges from today (Wednesday 21 October) and will be extended to England early next year.
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 23:55
Nearly a million children under enhanced restrictions to lose free school meals support over the holidays
Nearly a million children living in areas that are subject to Tier 2 and Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions are set to lose access to free school meals...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 22:30
The world cannot afford another conflict in the Persian gulf region, says Ambassador Jonathan Allen
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on the situation in the Persian Gulf...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 20:09
Ofsted maintains expectation that faith schools teach about sex and relationships
Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman has said Ofsted does not have the discretion to enable Charedi schools to ignore sex education or teaching about LGBT people...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 20:07
UK Middle East Minister hails “strongest ever UK-Gulf ties” on first visit to the region
The UK Minister for the Middle East, James Cleverly, has highlighted the significance of the UK-Gulf partnership on his first official visit to Oman and Qatar since he took up the post...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:09
Keir Starmer responds to talks between GM and the Govt concluding without agreement
Keir Starmer MP, Leader of the Labour Party, responding to talks between Greater Manchester and the Government concluding without agreement, said...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 15:24