Decision on Huawei to be announced in Parliament
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will make a statement to MPs later today on "UK Telecommunications"...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 11:15
Government tying itself in knots over skilled workers and immigration – Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendation to the Government to lower the salary threshold for skilled workers, said...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 10:55
Lords committee launches new inquiry: the economics of Universal Credit
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, chaired by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, today invites written contributions to its new inquiry into the economics of Universal Credit...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 10:54
Shelter: 1.15 million households stuck on social housing waiting lists, while there was a net loss of over 17,000 social homes in the last year
Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: “With over a million families in desperate need of social housing, it is absolutely outrageous that we are haemorrhaging thousands of secure social homes every year. These homes cannot afford to be lost...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 10:52
Points-based system and salary thresholds for immigration: letter from the MAC
Letter from Professor Alan Manning to the Home Secretary regarding the points-based system and salary thresholds for the immigration report...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 10:20
NFU to lead food standards rally in Westminster
Hundreds of farmers from across the country will gather in London in March to join the NFU in a rallying call to Government...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 09:57
£500m for reopening rail lines a ‘great start’ says Campaign for Better Transport
Welcoming the Government's announcement today of a £500 million fund to reopen former rail lines and another round of the New Stations Fund, Darren Shirley, chief executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 09:55
Second reading debate (Lords) of the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill - Jan 27
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Vere of Norbiton) (Con): My Lords, aviation has long been at the heart of the United Kingdom’s economic success...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 08:09
Oral answer (Lords) on Agriculture Bill: Food Production - Jan 27
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked the Government whether food production is included in the definition of “public good” contained in the Agriculture Bill...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 08:07
Oral answer (Lords) on Schools: Excluded Children - Jan 27
Baroness Meacher asked the Government what plans they have to improve support for children excluded from mainstream schools...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 08:05