HM Inspectorate of Prisons - report on inspection of HMP Liverpool
HMP Liverpool was assessed by inspectors to have improved dramatically in the two years since an inspection in 2017 found an “abject failure” to deliver safe, decent and purposeful treatment and conditions...
Tuesday, 14 January 2020 00:01
LGA responds to end of local housing allowance freeze
Responding to the end of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) freeze this April, which was first introduced by government in 2016, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the LGA’s Resources Board, said...
Monday, 13 January 2020 21:39
A letter from Sajid Javid to Lord Forsyth on the launch date of the upcoming joint consultation on the Retail Prices Index
A letter from the Chancellor to the Chair of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee announcing that the joint consultation between the Government and UK Statistics Authority on the latter’s proposed change to RPI will be launched at Budget 2020...
Monday, 13 January 2020 21:38
JRF responds to Local Housing Allowance increase
Helen Barnard, Deputy Director of Policy and Partnerships said...
Monday, 13 January 2020 16:24
Foreign Secretary statement on Iran
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: Mr. Speaker, further to the oral statement on the 7 January by the Defence Secretary...
Monday, 13 January 2020 16:01
First of a Kind 2020 launches to find this century’s Brunel
Department for Transport and Innovate UK launch competition to drive innovation on the railways...
Monday, 13 January 2020 15:48
Crisis responds to rise in housing benefit rates
Today, the Government has announced that housing benefit payments will rise in line with inflation from April 2020...
Monday, 13 January 2020 15:33
PLP and EPLP nominations for Labour leadership candidates
Candidates for Labour Leader who received the required number of nominations from MPs and MEPs to go through to the next stage of the election process are...
Monday, 13 January 2020 15:32
Around 900,000 could receive increased Housing Benefit from April
Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their Housing Benefit payments rise from April...
Monday, 13 January 2020 15:30
Capacity Market auction determination: open letter from BEIS to National Grid, December 2019
Letter setting out Capacity Market auction parameters for delivery years 2020 to 2021, 2022 to 2023, and 2023 to 2024...
Monday, 13 January 2020 15:02