Fundamental constitutional principles not protected in Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill, warn Lords
The House of Lords Constitution Committee has criticised the Government for failing to protect fundamental constitutional principles in the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill...
Monday, 29 October 2018 09:58
Home Affairs Committee: Modern slavery inquiry - Uncorrected transcript from Oct 24
The Home Affairs Committee has agreed to undertake an inquiry looking at what progress has been made in the three years since the Modern Slavery Act came into force and what more remains to be done...
Monday, 29 October 2018 09:35
Tories slash funding to police by £2.7bn, says Labour
New analysis of National Audit Office data by the Labour Party shows a huge fall in central government funding to police forces of £2.7bn in real-terms since 2010-11...
Sunday, 28 October 2018 22:30
Chancellor to announce boost for mental health funding and for Green Spaces
The NHS will increase mental health investment by at least £2 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24, the Chancellor is expected to announce in the Budget...
Sunday, 28 October 2018 22:30
UN chief calls for ‘united front’ against anti-Semitism after US synagogue mass-shooting
The UN Secretary-General said on Saturday he was “deeply shocked” by a deadly mass-shooting inside a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh...
Sunday, 28 October 2018 10:35
Conservative Peers condemn Baroness Tonge’s “callous inflammatory” response to Pittsburgh antisemitic attack
CFI Parliamentary Chairman in the House of Lords, Rt. Hon. The Lord Pickles, and CFI Honorary President Lord Polak CBE condemn Baroness Tonge’s “callous inflammatory” response...
Sunday, 28 October 2018 10:27
LGA: Potential £320 billion windfall from new generation of high quality social housing
Councils could generate £320 billion into the country’s economy over the next 50 years if they were able to build a “new generation” of high-quality council housing, the Local Government Association says today...
Sunday, 28 October 2018 01:01
Overhaul Universal Support or put whole Universal Credit project at risk say MPs
Field: “DWP must not push one more claimant onto Universal Credit, until it can show that it will not push them over the edge”
Sunday, 28 October 2018 01:01
Chancellor to announce multi-billion boost for roads and measures to tackle debt and payday lenders
Motorists and businesses will benefit from a £30 billion investment package to enhance the country’s transport network, the Chancellor is expected to announce...
Saturday, 27 October 2018 22:30
Cable: Broken business rates system should be abolished
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable has warned the Chancellor's business rates relief is nothing more than "hand-to-mouth support" and has called for the broken business rates system to be abolished...
Saturday, 27 October 2018 11:21