Green recovery at the heart of this year’s Bees’ Needs Week
Bees' Needs Week is back for the fifth year running from 13 - 19 July...
Monday, 13 July 2020 00:01
IFS: Brexit offers an opportunity to rationalise regional funding schemes. It’s past time government announced what it will do
With less than six months until the UK leaves European regional development funding schemes...
Monday, 13 July 2020 00:01
"Government “blind” to “extreme risks” of investment by cash-strapped councils" says PAC report
In a report published today, Monday 13 July 2020, the Commons Public Accounts Committee says that some councils have exposed themselves to commercial investments which risk cuts in local services and a big bill for local taxpayers...
Monday, 13 July 2020 00:01
Major new campaign to prepare UK for end of the transition period
Today the Government is launching a major new public information campaign, ‘The UK’s new start: let’s get going’...
Sunday, 12 July 2020 22:30
LAAS statement: Zero tolerance means Lloyd Russell-Moyle must be sacked from Labour’s frontbench
Fiona Sharpe, spokesman for Labour Against Antisemitism, said...
Sunday, 12 July 2020 21:47
Scottish government calls for emergency funding to prevent homelessness
Scottish Ministers have demanded that the UK government suspend their restrictions in order to prevent homelessness and destitution...
Sunday, 12 July 2020 14:44
£705 million investment for GB-EU border
Today the government has announced a £705 million funding package in 20/21 for border infrastructure, jobs and technology to ensure GB border systems are fully operational...
Sunday, 12 July 2020 14:35
New planning rules to protect our cultural heritage
Changes to the planning system will save theatres, concert halls and live music performance venues for future generations...
Sunday, 12 July 2020 14:17
Space sector to back 50 SP-INternships this summer
The UK Space Agency-backed Space Placement in Industry Scheme (SPIN) provides unique opportunities for undergraduate students considering a career in the space sector...
Saturday, 11 July 2020 17:30
Lords motion to approve the Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020 - July 10
The Minister of State, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development (Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park) (Con) [V]: My Lords, the instrument before your Lordships, the Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020...
Saturday, 11 July 2020 08:52