LGA responds to Universal Credit delay
Responding to the delay to the roll-out of Universal Credit announced today, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Resources Board, said...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 14:01
Written statement on Domestic farm support funding: a review of distribution across the UK from 2020 to the end of the Parliament - Oct 16
Michael Gove (The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs): Today I am announcing that the Government is launching an independent review into the allocation of domestic farm support from 2020 to the end of this Parliament...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 13:47
Statement from the London Assembly on TfL’s new bus safety measures
Transport for London (TfL) has today announced a new Bus Safety Standard (BSS) with the aim of delivering the Mayor’s target of no-one being killed on or by a London bus by 2030...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 13:26
REA: Update of key ‘flexibility’ plan marks good progress for clean energy sector
To mark the second day of Great GB Week the Government today has released an update to its July 2017 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 12:18
£43 million investment in housing for the future in Wales
Houses that generate their own power, flats with vertical gardens and homes built using local supply chains are some of the projects to share in £43m of innovative housing funding this year...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 12:17
Advance Direct Payments begin to issue in Northern Ireland
Advance Direct Payments to farmers began issuing from today, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 12:02
Bishops call for urgent action on Universal Credit
Urgent action needs to be taken to provide more support for people applying for Universal Credit amid evidence of an increase in demand at food banks in areas where the benefit has been introduced, Church of England bishops say...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 12:01
ASCL launches commission of inquiry over GCSE results
GCSE performance statistics were published today including data which showed the percentage of pupils achieving a Grade 5 ‘strong pass’ or above in English and maths...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:29
Government to face questions on Universal Credit roll-out
Independent MP and Chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee Frank Field has had an Urgent Question granted by the Speaker...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:11
Government must redouble its efforts to prevent hate crime - Cable
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable, has called for the definition of ‘aggravated offences’ to be extended following hate crime statistics published today reveal hate crime has more than doubled in England and Wales since 2013/2014...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 10:57