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DASA awards £2m to fast-track autonomous vehicles in harsh conditions

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) can today announce it has awarded 21 contracts worth a total £2.1 million to boost how autonomous vehicles...

Thursday, 2 April 2020 10:05

Protect universities and colleges now so they can lead recovery, union urges minister

The government must provide immediate support to colleges and universities to ensure they can help lead the recovery when the coronavirus crisis is over...

Thursday, 2 April 2020 10:02

COVID-19: Call for rapid sanitising technology for ambulances

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is looking for rapid sanitising technology to speed up the time it takes to clean ambulances...

Thursday, 2 April 2020 10:00

Government must urgently revisit its job retention and self-employment schemes so that no workers are left behind

Labour's Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP, responding to IFS findings showing that workers are being left with nothing due to gaps in the Government's income protection schemes, said...

Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:01

COP26 postponed

The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19...

Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:11

Statutory guidance - Schemes for financing schools

Statutory guidance for local authorities on producing and amending school financing schemes...

Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:50

Speaker of the House of Commons urges ‘virtual Parliament’ to keep up Commons scrutiny

The Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, has today written to the Leader of the House...

Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:35

Foreign travel advice - Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

As countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including travel and border restrictions, the FCO advises British nationals against all but essential international travel...

Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:16

Business Secretary's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 1 April 2020

Business Secretary Alok Sharma gave the 1 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:14

Statutory guidance - Induction for newly qualified teachers

Read guidance about changes to newly qualified teacher (NQT) induction during the COVID-19 public health emergency...

Wednesday, 1 April 2020 17:31