Business Secretary's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 17 May 2020
Business Secretary Alok Sharma gave the 17 May 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Monday, 18 May 2020 10:53
Ministers urge councils to plan for safe re-opening of recycling centres (update)
The government has published new guidance on how recycling centres can be safely re-opened during the coronavirus outbreak...
Monday, 18 May 2020 10:51
Lib Dems lead cross party push to keep pubs in business
The Liberal Democrats are at the forefront of a cross party call to protect pubs in the face of the “unique combination of challenges” created by the Covid-19 crisis...
Monday, 18 May 2020 10:50
IFS: Automatic enrolment - too successful a nudge to boost pension saving?
Automatic enrolment has been hugely successful, such that over 90% of eligible private sector workers are now members of workplace pension schemes...
Monday, 18 May 2020 10:48
Coronavirus (COVID-19): letter to social housing residents
Letter from the Minister of Housing setting out the measures that are in place to support social housing residents during the next phase towards reopening society...
Monday, 18 May 2020 10:47
Negotiations on the UK’s future trading relationship with the US: Update
Around 200 negotiators from the UK and the US held the first round of negotiations for a UK-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between 5-15 May 2020...
Monday, 18 May 2020 09:41
Lack of energy efficiency measures for homes is the focus of new Committee inquiry
As it continues to explore how to meet net-zero by 2050, the Environmental Audit Committee launches its inquiry into Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes...
Monday, 18 May 2020 09:39
TfL: Tube, rail and bus services stepped up for people who have to use public transport
Transport for London (TfL) will from Monday 18th May, as previously agreed with the Government before the announcement of the lockdown restrictions being lifted...
Monday, 18 May 2020 09:37
London Mayor offers funding to make homeless hostels Covid19 safe
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is making available a £40m fund to allow homelessness hostels and women’s refuges to make their facilities safer for residents during the Coronavirus pandemic...
Monday, 18 May 2020 09:32
Labour accuses Conservatives of ‘rank hypocrisy’ towards 180,000 NHS and care workers
Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, has written to the Home Secretary labelling the Government’s plan to rush through immigration legislation an insult to NHS staff and care workers, and a danger to our National Health Service...
Monday, 18 May 2020 08:11