UK Finance: Lenders grant 1.6 million payment holidays to mortgage holders
Lenders have given over 1.6 million mortgage payment holidays as of Friday 24 April 2020 to support customers facing financial difficulties due to coronavirus, UK Finance reveals today...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 09:47
LGA: Social homes may go unbuilt without "Right to Buy" extension due to Covid-19
Desperately-needed new social homes could go unbuilt unless councils are granted an extension to the time they are allowed to spend money from Right to Buy sales, the Local Government Association warns today...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 09:45
Written statement by the Welsh Government: COVID 19 Recovery Phase Planning: operation of schools - Apr 28
Kirsty Williams, Minister for Education: Our latest understanding of the rate of transmission of COVID-19 allows us to be hopeful but still requires us to be cautious...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 09:43
Covid-19 will last up to two years with massive long-term social, economic and psychological effects, says new IEA report
Historical precedent suggests another pandemic is likely at some point in the future, though steps could be taken to mitigate risk, says Institute of Economic Affairs paper...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 09:33
IOM in Italy to support UK nationals who want to regulate their status
New programme launched by the International Organisation for Migration with funding from the UK Government to assist British nationals in Italy...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 09:31
Labour: As in the general population, we need mass testing, contact tracing, shielding and PPE in prisons to make sure the virus does not spread out of control
Responding to a Public Health England report showing that the number of prisoners believed to have been infected with coronavirus may be up to six times as many as the published figure...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 09:29
Extract from Digital, Culture, Media and Sport questions: Covid-19: Football - Apr 27
Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab): What recent assessment he has made of the financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on professional football; and what steps the Government are taking to support football clubs during that outbreak...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 07:55
Extract from Digital, Culture, Media and Sport questions: Covid-19: Vulnerable Online Gamblers - Apr 27
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the gambling industry on protection of vulnerable online gamblers during the covid-19 outbreak...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 07:53
Second reading (Commons) of the Finance Bill - Apr 27
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 07:51
Commons statement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on The Economy (Covid-19) - Apr 27
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak): Thank you, Mr Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to update the House on our economic response to the coronavirus...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 07:48