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Shelter: Homeless at school: 56% of teachers have worked with homeless children

Shelter warns homeless children “must not be the invisible victims” of this pandemic...

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01

Government must extend the £20 a week uplift to legacy benefit claimants says JRF

This month, the Government is expected to deliver the Spending Review and announce its annual decision on benefit rates for next year...

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01

Reviving regions: New approach to levelling-up can enable a sustainable post-covid rebound - CBI

Long-term regional inequalities must end if England is to build back better ...

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01

Wales ready to re-start post-EU funding schemes

New funding arrangements to replace those previously administered by the EU, which will empower local decision-makers to support investment closer to the communities they serve, have been published today by the Welsh Government...

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01

Rachel Reeves comments on the NAO Investigation into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rachel Reeves MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, commenting on the NAO Investigation into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic, said...

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01

LGA responds to NAHT report on school improvement recommendations

Responding to a report by the National Association of Head Teachers on school leadership and recommendations for school improvement, Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said...

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01

CTP launch new safeguarding website to combat ‘perfect storm’ of potential online radicalisation

THE impact of Covid-19, social isolation and a rise in hateful extremism online is creating a ‘perfect storm’ which is making more young people vulnerable to radicalisation and other forms of grooming...

Wednesday, 18 November 2020 00:01

Eligible Covid-19 app users should get isolation support payment

Labour will today call on the Government to expand the £500 Test and Trace Support Payment to all eligible users of the NHS Covid-19 app who are told to go into isolation and can’t work from home...

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:30

Prime Minister outlines his Ten-Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution for 250,000 jobs

The Prime Minister today sets out his ambitious ten point plan for a green industrial revolution which will create and support up to 250,000 British jobs...

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:30

Ban on new petrol and diesel car sales from 2030 – AA comments

Commenting on the Government’s 10-point plan which includes bringing forward the ban on new petrol and diesel car sales to 2030, Edmund King, AA president, says...

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:30