Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State forJustice - Apr 16 (subject to the House sitting)
Henry Smith (Crawley): When the Government plans to undertake a consultation on proposals for a victims’ law...
Thursday, 11 April 2019 07:36
PM Press Statement at EU Council
I have just met with Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, where I agreed an extension to the Brexit process to the end of October at the latest....
Thursday, 11 April 2019 07:02
"School appeals and waiting lists system increases social segregation; poorest families less likely to be successful" says new EPI research
New research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) examines the school appeals and waiting lists system in England...
Thursday, 11 April 2019 00:01
People in vulnerable situations clearly need better protection from aggressive bailiffs - Burgon
Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on the Justice Committee’s call for a regulator to oversee the bailiff industry, said...
Thursday, 11 April 2019 00:01
Regulator should oversee bailiff industry, says Justice Committee
The Government should introduce new regulation for the bailiff industry to ensure that people in debt are treated fairly, according to the Justice Committee in its new report published today...
Thursday, 11 April 2019 00:01
ASCL response to EPI report on school appeals
Responding to a report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) about the school appeals and waiting list system in England, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Thursday, 11 April 2019 00:01
“Dismissive, disrespectful” Government response treats Committee and witnesses “like dirt”
The Committee has today taken the exceptional step of publishing a follow up report to the Government’s response to its report on support for childcare as a barrier to work under Universal Credit...
Thursday, 11 April 2019 00:01
HMICFRS: Northumbria Police has taken important steps to improve its child protection capabilities, but inconsistencies remain
Northumbria Police has made good progress in improving its approach to child protection issues, but still has work to do, according to a report released today by Her Majesty’sInspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services...
Thursday, 11 April 2019 00:01
It is frankly astonishing that Ministers’ have shown such contempt that a cross party committee has publicly complained that they have been treated “like dirt” - Rayner
Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the Work and Pensions Select Committee dismissing the Government's response to their report on Universal Credit and childcare as 'skimpy and disappointing', said...
Thursday, 11 April 2019 00:01
Communities bid to make their high streets for the future
More than 300 local authorities across the country have bid for a share of the £675 million Future High Street Fund to transform their local high streets...
Wednesday, 10 April 2019 20:15