UK to lead call for free trade at WTO’s biggest conference
The UK will join the biggest ever conference on trade this week, joining 163 other Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Monday, 11 December 2017 16:46
Written statement on Higher Education Update
Joseph Johnson (The Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation ): The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA) achieved Royal Assent on 27 April 2017...
Monday, 11 December 2017 16:04
100 MPs call on the Parliamentary Pension Fund to drop investments in oil, coal and gas companies
On the eve of an international summit on climate finance 100 MPs have demanded that their £612 million MPs’ Pension Fund removes its substantial holdings from fossil fuel companies...
Monday, 11 December 2017 14:23
£100,000 cash boost for Magnox communities
Nearly £100,000 has been awarded by Magnox to two community projects close to its Bradwell and Dungeness A sites...
Monday, 11 December 2017 14:14
Business leaders welcome Watson’s Future of Work report - IoD
Responding to Tom Watson’s Future of Work Commission report, Seamus Nevin, Head of Policy Research at the Institute of Directors, said...
Monday, 11 December 2017 12:53
Written statement on Implementation of Help to Save Accounts
Stephen Barclay (Economic Secretary to the Treasury): The government is committed to supporting people at all income levels and all stages of life to save...
Monday, 11 December 2017 12:48
“Government’s long-awaited strategy must now be a call to action” - Transparency International gives qualified welcome to new UK Anti-Corruption Strategy
New proposals put forward by the Government today, as part of the long-awaited National Anti-Corruption Strategy, are a welcome advance in the fight against corruption both at home and abroad...
Monday, 11 December 2017 12:35
Written statement on Economic crime and anti-corruption
Amber Rudd (Secretary of State for the Home Department): Economic crime and corruption do great harm to individuals, businesses, the integrity of our financial system and the UK’s international reputation...
Monday, 11 December 2017 12:31
PLSA comments on MPs demand to ban pension cold calls
The Work and Pensions Committee has announced today that the Government should act now, through the Financial Claims and Guidance Bill, to ban pension cold calls...
Monday, 11 December 2017 12:16
Government awards councils new funding to transform local communities
90% of councils are now part of a programme creating new jobs and releasing land for new homes...
Monday, 11 December 2017 11:07