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Innovative nuclear competition launch – are you ready for the challenge?

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – including Sellafield Ltd and Magnox Ltd - has teamed up with Innovate UK to call on companies to come up with new ideas...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 12:23

Competition concerns in retail investment software merger

Following an in-depth investigation, the CMA has provisionally blocked the merger of FNZ and GBST...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 11:51

Announcement of preferred candidate for HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

The Lord Chancellor, Rt Hon. Robert Buckland QC, confirmed today that his preferred candidate to be the next Chief Inspector of Prisons is Charlie Taylor...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 11:05

Support for working families affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) given an extra boost

Working parents or carers who are eligible for Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare but have temporarily fallen below the minimum income requirement...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 11:03

Scotland's first EV charging hub delivered through Project PACE

The first electric vehicle (EV) charging hub delivered through a strategic partnership with the Scottish Government and electricity network companies...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 11:01

Culture Secretary questioned about future UK-EU relationship on the creative industries

The House of Lords EU Services Sub-Committee has today written to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport asking for a comprehensive update...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 10:59

Five-year beaver reintroduction trial successfully completed

The government has today hailed the success of a five-year beaver trial on the River Otter in Devon, recognising its benefits to the local area and ecology...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 10:57

Government’s planning reforms don’t pass acid test for community voice, warns CPRE

Providing initial comments on the government’s Planning for the Future White Paper, Tom Fyans, deputy chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 10:30

A battle with teaching unions looks inevitable next month. Who will win? - Article in ConservativeHome

Article in ConservativeHome by journalist Harry Phibbs...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 09:45

UK Government bolsters vaccine manufacturing capacity through agreement with Valneva

A manufacturing facility in Livingston, West Lothian, will be at the heart of efforts to produce a new coronavirus vaccine thanks to a multi-million-pound joint investment as part of an agreement in principle by the UK Government to secure early access to 60 million doses of Valneva’s promising vaccine candidate...

Wednesday, 5 August 2020 06:00