Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on International Museum Day 2019 - May 21
Jenny Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab):...I was struck a few weeks ago by the video that was released on social media of all living UK Prime Ministers...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 07:23
Extract from Welsh Assembly business statement and announcement - May 21
Vikki Howells AM:...Finally, I'd welcome a statement or a debate in Government time on the shared prosperity fund...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 07:21
Extract from Welsh Assembly statement on justice blueprints - May 21
Jane Hutt AM (Deputy Minister and Chief Whip):...I'm interested that you mentioned Lord Farmer's report in terms of children...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 07:19
Government must set out bus strategy to halt decline in bus use, say MPs
A lack of co-ordinated Government policy and squeezed funding for local authorities is driving bus use into decline, says the Transport Committee...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:01
Low take-up, unambitious targets and poor-quality training: the Public Accounts Committee raises concerns over government reforms to the apprenticeships programme
The Department for Education (the Department) has failed to make the progress that it predicted when it reformed the apprenticeships programme in spring 2017...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:01
London Probation Service makes progress in some areas but more must be done to support victims, says HMI Probation
Victims of sexual and violent crime are being let down by the capital’s probation service, according to a new report...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:01
LGA responds to Transport committee report on bus services
Responding to a Transport Select Committee report on bus services in England outside London, Cllr Martin Tett, Transport spokesman for the Local Government Association, said...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:01
LGA responds to Public Accounts committee report on apprenticeships
Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on apprenticeships, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s People and Places Board, Cllr Mark Hawthorne, said...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:01
Gove takes action to ban plastic straws, stirrers, and cotton buds
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has today confirmed a ban on plastic straws, drinks stirrers, and plastic stemmed cotton buds in England, following overwhelming public support for the move...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:01
Highways England unveils favourite driving routes
The M6 in Cumbria is England's favourite road to drive on according to a fun survey by Highways England...
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 17:26