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Public Bill Committee membership for the Civil Liability Bill

The following MPs were selected to sit on the Public Bill committee to examine the Civil Liability Bill...

Thursday, 6 September 2018 07:22

Early sight of oral questions to tthe Chancellor of the Exchequer - Sep 11

James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): What fiscal steps he is taking to support the pubs sector...

Thursday, 6 September 2018 07:16

Families’ financial struggles to continue regardless of Brexit deal - JRF urges Government to tackle domestic reforms

Families trapped in poverty will see no Brexit dividend – unless the Government changes course on domestic policies...

Thursday, 6 September 2018 00:01

National Audit Office report on Tackling problem debt

Personal debt problems have a significant impact on individuals, but the government has a limited understanding of how this affects the public purse...

Thursday, 6 September 2018 00:01

Institute for Government report on "The threat to police and criminal justice after Brexit"

Failure to secure a new agreement on policing and criminal justice after Brexit will make it harder to extradite dangerous criminals from the UK and reduce the number of people brought back to the UK to face justice, warns a new report...

Thursday, 6 September 2018 00:01

John McDonnell comments on NAO report on problem debt

John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on the National Audit Office’s report on problem debt, said...

Thursday, 6 September 2018 00:01

Number of primary school infants in classes over 30 pupils has nearly doubled under the Tories

Labour analysis of House of Commons research has found that the number of children at key stage one in classes over 30 has increased by 91 per cent since 2011...

Thursday, 6 September 2018 00:01

Frank Field: NAO report a "sorry indictment of the benefits policy and administration locking lower earning families in this country into a miserable cycle of debt and hunger"

Responding to the NAO’s report on problem private debt in the UK, Rt Hon Frank Field MP, Chair of the Committee, said...

Thursday, 6 September 2018 00:01

Upskirting law moves a stop closer

Government action to make ‘upskirting’ a specific criminal offence remains firmly on track after it passed its latest hurdle in the Commons...

Wednesday, 5 September 2018 22:28

Government announces further protections for tenants against unfair letting fees

Tenants in the private rented sector will no longer be forced to pay excessive fees for minor damages, as the government continues to crackdown on unfair letting fees...

Wednesday, 5 September 2018 16:30