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Charities must better communicate to the public through their annual reports and accounts, urges regulator

Charity Commission publishes results of accounts monitoring reviews...

Monday, 3 September 2018 12:04

New incentives framework to help prisoners turn their lives around

A consultation is being launched which would empower governors to design their own programme of incentives tailored to the specific challenges in their prison...

Monday, 3 September 2018 11:11

Transport Committee inquiry into Rail timetable changes

Passenger groups join the national transport users’ watchdog, Transport Focus and consumer organisation Which? to give evidence on the implementation of the 20 May national rail timetable change...

Monday, 3 September 2018 11:03

The price of playing sports at school

CHILDREN are taking up new sports this school year which is increasing the price of back to school as parents fork out for sports clothing and equipment, according to new research..

Monday, 3 September 2018 10:29

The scale of this threat to children is staggering – Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott MP, Shadow Home Secretary, commenting to reports that 80,000 people in the UK are estimated to pose a sexual threat to children online, said...

Monday, 3 September 2018 10:24

Battery industry facing battle with EU over excessive red tape which ‘threatens energy transformation’

THE future of battery energy storage in Europe could be derailed if more regulatory restrictions are imposed on a key industry powering the energy transformation, a business group meeting in Vienna is warning...

Monday, 3 September 2018 10:21

Home Affairs Committee to take evidence on domestic abuse

In February, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would bring forward a Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill...

Monday, 3 September 2018 10:10

UNITE: Government shielding dangerous employers from legal action as workers face bar on workplace injury claims

Unite, the UK’s largest union, is accusing the government of using a bill due to return to the Commons this week...

Monday, 3 September 2018 00:01

Jon Lansman: "There is no contradiction between fighting antisemitism and supporting Palestinian rights"

Labour Party activist Jon Lansman will today make a speech at the Jewish Labour Movement conference stating that there is “absolutely no contradiction between fighting antisemitism and supporting Palestinian rights...”

Sunday, 2 September 2018 10:38

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: Amendments to be moved in committee in the Lords as at August 31

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: Amendments to be moved in committee in the Lords as at August 31...

Sunday, 2 September 2018 07:41