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Crackdown on unfair managing agents

Plans announced for new measures to help create a fairer property management system that works for everyone...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 10:10

Unemployment drops by 52,000 in latest figures

There were 1.44 million unemployed people (people not in work but seeking and available to work), 52,000 fewer than for March to May 2017 and 215,000 fewer than for a year earlier...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 10:03

Communities and Local Government Committee launches Brexit and Local Government inquiry

The impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the role local authorities could play post-Brexit is to be examined by MPs...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 09:34

Maximum tuition fee in Wales will remain £9,000 – Kirsty Williams

The maximum university tuition fee in Wales will remain at £9,000, with £26m of government investment to support students and universities over the next two years, Education Secretary Kirsty Williams announced today...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 08:31

Oral answer (Lords) on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - Oct 17

Baroness Northover asked the Government what action they are taking in relation to the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual national citizen detained in Iran...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 07:44

Oral answer (Lords) on Islamophobia - Oct 17

Baroness Warsi asked the Government whether they have a definition of Islamophobia; and, if so, what it is...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 07:43

Oral answer (Lords) on Home Ownership - Oct 17

Lord Kennedy of Southwark asked the Government what percentage of the United Kingdom population own their home either outright or with a mortgage; and what assessment they have made of whether this figure may increase or decrease in future...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 07:41

Westminster Hall debate on Dangerous Driving involving Death: Sentencing - Oct 17

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab): I beg to move, that this House has considered sentencing in cases of dangerous driving involving death...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 07:22

Statement (Commons and Lords) on EU Exit Negotiations - Oct 17

Statements were made in both the Commons and the Lords updating MPs and Peers over the progress of the Brexit negotiations...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 07:19

Statement (Commons and Lords) on International Investment - Oct 17

The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Greg Clark): The United Kingdom has a deserved reputation as one of the most open economies in the world, one that welcomes international investment and the benefits it brings...

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 07:16