Next generation of Artificial Intelligence talent to be trained at UK universities
Thousands of graduates to become qualified experts in artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a new joint government-industry package to drive up skills in the AI sector, Business Secretary Greg Clark and Digital Secretary Jeremy Wright announced today..
Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01
NEU comments on APPG report on Social Mobility
Commenting on a report from an All-Party Parliamentary Group on social mobility, published today, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01
Global Britain and the British Overseas Territories: Resetting the relationship
One family: rethinking Britain’s relationship with the Overseas Territories. Sharing security, duties and values demands a rethink, says Foreign Affairs Committee...
Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01
ASCL response to APPG report on social mobility
Commenting on the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on social mobility, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01
Majority of drivers in favour of police using long-range cameras says RAC research
More than three-quarters support ‘long lens of the law’ cameras being used to catch illegal mobile phone use up to 1km away...
Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01
LGA responds to HLCG committee report on high streets and business rates
Responding to the report by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee on the future of high streets, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Resources Board, said...
Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01
New proposals for council funding formula would hit deprived areas says IFS
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is seeking views on the approach to measuring the relative needs and resources of local authorities...
Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01
Jeremy Corbyn meets EU leaders to discuss options to break Brexit deadlock
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, will meet European leaders in Brussels on Thursday 21 February to discuss options for breaking the Brexit deadlock and to make clear that there is no majority for a no deal outcome...
Wednesday, 20 February 2019 22:30
UN chief urges India and Pakistan to dial down tensions in wake of Kashmir attack
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to take steps to defuse tensions in the wake an attack in Kashmir late last week that left dozens of Indian security forces dead...
Wednesday, 20 February 2019 20:41
Prospect of lasting peace ‘fading by the day’ in Gaza and West Bank, senior UN envoy warns
The spectres of violence and radicalism in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are growing, and the prospect of sustainable peace is fading by the day, a senior UN envoy in the region told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 20 February 2019 20:33