UKPIA statement regarding announcement to bring forward end to sale of new petrol and diesel cars, including hybrid vehicles
Stephen Marcos Jones, Director-General of UKPIA said...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 10:45
“A sector out of options” - social care providers resort to offering care to fewer people to manage spiralling costs according to newly published report
The number of social care providers who say they have been forced to cut support for vulnerable adults has doubled in the last 12 months as a direct result of financial pressures, according to a newly published report...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 09:23
Transport Secretary hails new horizons for rail travel across Europe
Grant Shapps today welcomed a new direct Eurostar rail connection between the Netherlands and the UK which will help improve journeys for passengers and businesses...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 09:21
PM launches UN climate summit in UK - AA comments
Commenting on the announcement by the Prime Minister on bringing forward the ban of new combustion vehicle sales from 2040 to 2035...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 09:19
Exhausted London bus drivers facing race to the bottom as ballot for action to take place
Unite the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has warned London bus operators not to engage in a ‘race to the bottom’, in degrading drivers’ conditions...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 08:48
Delegated Legislation Committee consideration of the Draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 - Feb 3
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Nadhim Zahawi): I beg to move, that the Committee has considered the draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 08:47
'Conservatives have ushered in this age of in-work poverty' - McDonnell responds to Resolution Foundation report
John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to a Resolution Foundation report published today on the rise of in-work poverty, said...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 08:44
Comment on Government plans to bring forward petrol/diesel ban to 2035 - "Government must improve the UK's EV infrastructure" - Alex Buttle, director, car selling comparison website Motorway.co.uk
Alex Buttle, director of car selling comparison website Motorway.co.uk comments...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 08:44
Question for Short Debate (Lords) on Terrorism: Contest Strategy - Feb 3
Lord Harris of Haringey asked the Government what plans they have to improve the safety and security of public venues, and whether they intend to introduce a Protect duty under the CONTEST strategy for countering terrorism...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 08:40
Second reading debate (Lords) of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill - Feb 3
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Baroness Barran) (Con): My Lords, when this Bill was introduced in this House in the last Session by my noble friend Lord Ashton of Hyde, he began by setting out his hope that it would be welcomed across the House...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020 08:38