Government must ring-fence mental health funding - Barbara Keeley MP
Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, commenting on remarks made to the Health Select Committee by the Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfield, and the CQC Chief Inspector of Mental Health Services, Dr Paul Lelliott, said...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:18
HMRC publishes technical guidance on corporation tax payments by very large companies
For accounting periods that begin on or after 1 April 2019, very large companies, that is companies with taxable profits of more than £20 million...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:49
EU supports recovery and resilience in the Caribbean region with €300 million
At the High-Level Donor Conference for the Caribbean in New York today, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:45
PHE announces areas for IPS alcohol and drug dependency trial
Public Health England (PHE) has announced the 7 local authority areas that have been selected to take part in a randomised controlled trial of individual placement and support...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:29
Joint Committee on Human Rights announces new Inquiry into freedom of speech in universities
The Committee is issuing an open call for evidence from interested parties and would welcome written submissions by 15 December 2017...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 15:03
Date set for minimum unit pricing for alcohol to come into effect in Scotland
Minimum unit pricing for alcohol will come into force on 1 May 2018. Health Secretary Shona Robison today updated MSPs on the plans and confirmed a consultation...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:49
Government cannot be given a blank cheque to concentrate power in its own hands - Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to the Government’s customs resolutions and the publication of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:11
Labour challenges Chancellor to use Budget to reverse Conservatives’ abysmal house-building record
Ahead of the Budget tomorrow, Labour has revealed that no new ‘starter homes’ have been built in three years, despite the Conservatives’ promise to build 200,000 of them...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 13:21
BEIS Committee evidence session on Clean Growth Strategy and Outcomes of Bonn COP23
The BEIS Committee is to examine issues surrounding climate change and emission reductions during an oral evidence session on the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy and the outcomes of the UN COP23 climate negotiations in Bonn...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 12:25
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill introduced in Parliament
The Bill will lay the foundations for the UK’s standalone customs regime...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 10:39