Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - June 28
Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab):...On Wednesday the noble Baroness the Leader of the House did not—perhaps she could not...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 07:08
Extracts from Lords debate on the Queen's Speech - June 28
Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD):...No senior Minister has yet touched on the importance of maintaining the good will of our continental neighbours through these negotiations and after our departure...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 07:03
Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Health - July 4
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): What recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on ensuring that the NHS has the workforce it needs after the UK leaves the EU...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 06:23
Institute for Government: "Weak Infrastructure plans wasting time and money"
The UK needs to make a series of major decisions about the country’s energy supplies, rail network and airports, but a new report says weak processes are leading to the wrong projects and contested decisions, wasting both government time and taxpayer money...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 00:01
Setting 22,000 school budgets from Whitehall won't work, says councils
Children could miss out on the education they deserve if councils and schools do not retain an element of flexibility over how schools funding is distributed locally, council leaders said today...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 00:01
National Audit Office report on Mental health in prisons
Government does not know how many people in prison have a mental illness, how much it is spending on mental health in prisons or whether it is achieving its objectives...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 00:01
HMI Probation reports on adult probation services in South Yorkshire - generally good, but further improvements needed
The two organisations responsible for providing probation services in South Yorkshire were generally working well, though further improvements were necessary in places, said Dame Glenys Stacey, HM Chief Inspector of Probation...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 00:01
Prison mental health crisis exposed in damning NAO report - Lamb
Record high levels of suicides and self-harm amongst prisoners are linked to failing mental health services in England's prisons, a damning report by the National Audit Office has found...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 00:01
LGA’s call on school funding formula would take us back to square one says ASCL
Responding to the Local Government Association’s press release Setting 22,000 school budgets from Whitehall won’t work, say councils, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Thursday, 29 June 2017 00:01
Organic food: new rules for EU label agreed
New rules to increase consumer trust in organic foodstuffs and unleash the sector?s potential for growth were informally agreed with European Council negotiators on Wednesday...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 21:26