Lib Dems: Omission from Galileo is a shocking reminder of damaging impact of Brexit
Commenting on Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson's announcement that he is considering British participation in an alternative satellite-navigation system to the EU's Galileo programme...
Monday, 21 May 2018 13:07
Prime Minister's speech on science and the modern Industrial Strategy
Jodrell Bank was established in 1945, in a Britain rebuilding in the aftermath of the Second World War...
Monday, 21 May 2018 12:53
Government’s approach to contingency planning for lorries on M20 to Dover has been incompetent and disastrous - Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, commenting on the Road Haulage Update, which contains contingency plans for lorries delayed at the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel, said...
Monday, 21 May 2018 12:51
How will the financial services industry share data post-brexit?
Which parts of the financial services industry will be hardest hit by the loss of the ability to transfer data across the EU...
Monday, 21 May 2018 11:43
Written statement on Provision of Early Recovery Assistance to the Overseas Territories
Boris Johnson (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs): The United Kingdom is strongly committed to supporting the recovery of the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands...
Monday, 21 May 2018 11:20
Written statement on Road Haulage Update
Jesse Norman (Department for Transport): The Department for Transport is today updating the house on our work to improve on the current Operation Stack arrangements and ensure that traffic can keep flowing on the M20 even in the event of serious disruption to cross-Channel transport...
Monday, 21 May 2018 10:24
Written statement on Jobseeker’s Allowance trial
Alok Sharma (Department for Work and Pensions): It has been a long-standing policy of successive Governments that claimants on work-related benefits are generally expected to undertake certain activities in return for financial support through the benefit system...
Monday, 21 May 2018 10:10
Savings from cancelled electrification scheme should fund Welsh transport boost says committee of MPs
The Welsh Affairs Committee warns that lessons must be learnt from the failures in planning and execution of the Great Western electrification programme, and that future schemes must clearly demonstrate value for money before getting the go-ahead...
Monday, 21 May 2018 07:18
Motability “badly needs a new roadmap” for its finances – Work & Pensions and Treasury Committees
In a unanimously-agreed Report on the Motability Scheme published today, Monday 21 May 2018, the Work & Pensions and Treasury Committees brand senior pay at Motability Operations “unacceptable”, and say its large reserves are out of proportion to the risks it faces...
Monday, 21 May 2018 00:01
PM to set out ambitious plans to transform outcomes for people with chronic diseases
Ambitious new plans set out by the Prime Minister today will see around 22,000 fewer people dying from cancer each year by 2033...
Sunday, 20 May 2018 22:30