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Agriculture Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Commons as at May 16

Agriculture Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Commons as at May 16...

Thursday, 16 May 2019 07:21

Early sight of oral questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer - May 21

Dr Paul Williams (Stockton South): What steps he is taking to support people affected by the 2019 Loan Charge...

Thursday, 16 May 2019 07:10

HS2 needs a major rethink, says Lords report

Four years after the Economic Affairs Committee raised serious questions about High Speed 2 (HS2), the Government is no nearer to providing satisfactory answers...

Thursday, 16 May 2019 00:01

New boost for UK ambition to lead the world in zero emissions vehicles

Coventry will be home to a new national centre of excellence in developing the latest electric car battery technology, backed by millions of pounds in Government investment...

Thursday, 16 May 2019 00:01

It is unacceptable that anyone has to rely on a food bank in one of the richest countries in the world - Margaret Greenwood responds to Human Rights Watch report

Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on a report by Human Rights Watch...

Thursday, 16 May 2019 00:01

Union welcomes Government U-turn on Probation

Napo, the trade union and professional association for probation staff is today celebrating a major turning point in its campaign to restore Probation to public sector ownership...

Thursday, 16 May 2019 00:01

Jeremy Corbyn and Rebecca Long Bailey announce plans to reduce energy bills by installing solar panels on nearly two million homes

Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, and Rebecca Long Bailey, Shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary, will set out radical plans to fit one and three quarter million homes with electricity-generating solar panels...

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 22:30

Labour will take the national grid out of the hands of private shareholders and use it to make heat and electricity a human right and tackle climate change

Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, Rebecca Long Bailey, will announce tomorrow (Thursday) how Labour will take the national grid out of the hands of private shareholders...

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 22:30

Guidance on existing trade agreements if the UK leaves the EU with no deal

The UK is in the process of transitioning existing trade agreements which the UK participates in as a member of the EU...

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 21:04

New trains to be rolled out across the country alongside £48 billion investment to upgrade tracks

The arrival of state-of-the-art Azuma trains on the East Coast Main Line marks the introduction of modern, spacious and comfortable new trains across the country...

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 18:28