“Unacceptable” 26% ethnic minority pay gap at Russell Group universities must be tackled, says UCU
Universities must make tackling the “unacceptable” race pay gap a priority, the University and College Union (UCU) said today...
Friday, 7 December 2018 10:24
Angela Rayner responds to Sutton Trust figures on Oxbridge recruitment
Angela Rayner, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to Sutton Trust figures on Oxbridge recruiting more students from just 8 schools than almost 3000 other English state schools put together, said...
Friday, 7 December 2018 08:57
Commons and Lords debate on the European Union (Withdrawal) Act - Dec 6
The Commons and Lords were debating the European Union (Withdrawal) Act. The Lords have now finished and the Commons will conclude on Tuesday December 11...
Friday, 7 December 2018 08:55
Extracts from Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (Eighth sitting) - Dec 6
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Robert Jenrick):...Landfill tax continues to provide an incentive to reduce waste from landfill and ensure it is recycled and reduced...
Friday, 7 December 2018 08:16
Extracts from Commons proceedings - Dec 6
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD): What discussions he has had with representatives of the agricultural sector on Government contingency planning on the UK leaving the EU without a deal..
Friday, 7 December 2018 08:11
Extract from Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (Eighth sitting) - Dec 6
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Robert Jenrick):...Clause 64 increases the standard and lower rates of landfill tax in line with inflation from April 2019...
Friday, 7 December 2018 08:11
Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Dec 6
Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab): Under the Government’s post-Brexit UK prosperity fund, will funds be allocated on the same basis and to the same areas as under the current European structural funds...
Friday, 7 December 2018 08:06
Extract from Business Questions - Dec 6
The Leader of the House of Commons (Andrea Leadsom):...This week we are also midway through the Festival of Light, and I wish everyone in our Jewish communities a very happy Hanukah...
Friday, 7 December 2018 07:59
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Section 21 Evictions - Dec 6
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab):...The campaign has also received backing from Children England, Independent Age...
Friday, 7 December 2018 07:57
Extracts from Commons debate on the European Union (Withdrawal) Act - Dec 6
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab):...I think back to Sheffield in the 1970s and 1980s, when we lost 45,000 jobs in steel and engineering in the Don Valley alone...
Friday, 7 December 2018 07:54