Alliance slams government for "turning a blind eye" to the childcare sector following PM's 'new deal' announcement
Commenting on government plans to accelerate spending worth £5bn on a range of new infrastructure projects, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:50
Prime Minister's speech on the economy - June 30
Please see below a checked against delivery version of the PM’s economic recovery speech in Dudley this morning...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:22
Revolutionising the way we fly: apply for business funding (update)
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million to develop ways to support safe operations of novel modes of air transportation – minimising the environmental footprint and improving connectivity...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:19
Message from the Prime Minister: Build, Build, Build
Boris Johnson has announced the most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War, making it easier to build better homes where people want to live...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:15
‘Cutting up red tape will only deliver more poor-quality places’: CPRE responds to the PM’s planning proposals
Commenting on the prime minister’s plans to deregulate the planning system, Tom Fyans, policy and campaigns director at CPRE, the countryside charity, said...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:15
Labour demands Health Secretary holds afternoon press conference on Leicester lockdown
Labour has called on the Health Secretary to hold a press conference this afternoon on the lockdown in Leicester...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 10:54
Vehicle Licencing Statistics: 2020 Quarter 1 – AA comments
Commenting on the latest vehicle licensing statistics released by the Department for Transport today1, Edmund King, AA president says...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 10:17
Boost for renewable heat projects as government confirms tariff extension
Companies that applied to the government’s tariff guarantee scheme before June 29 will have an extra 14 months to get their low-carbon heat generators up and running...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 10:08
"Demand for oil may never return to pre-coronavirus peak as Shell slashes value" says Warwick Business School
Responding to the news that Royal Dutch Shell will slash $22 billion from the value of its assets due to the COVID-19 pandemic and falling oil prices...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 10:06
David Lammy on backlog of cases
David Lammy MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to a report warning that the backlog of court cases could take up to 10 years to clear, said...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 10:05