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Transport Secretary and Aviation Minister meet leading UK airlines and airports

The Transport Secretary and Baroness Sugg last week held a roundtable with senior representatives from the UK's aviation sector...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 11:56

Commentary on curriculum research - phase 3

Amanda Spielman provides a commentary on phase 3 of Ofsted's research into the school curriculum...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 11:53

SMC relaunch with 12 new commissioners and bigger research budget

To coincide with relaunch, we're publishing the 2018 social mobility barometer. It shows a deep divide between rich and poor and pessimism amongst the young...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 11:49

Lamb: Prohibition of cannabis is causing harm across the country

This afternoon, former Health Minister Norman Lamb will introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill to legalise the possession and consumption of cannabis...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 11:48

Risk assessment of our food chain should be immune to any pressure from the industry, say S&Ds

Today the European Parliament voted for a stricter and impartial European system to exclude any dangerous substance from the food chain...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 11:46

Any clear expression of ‘no confidence’ could topple Government, warns Committee

A report published today by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee advises that Parliament’s power to remove the authority to govern...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 11:00

“Damning report” on government handling of Brexit – John McDonnell

John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on the House of Commons Treasury Committee’s report into the Government’s and Bank of England’s Withdrawal Agreement...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 10:53

BCC comments on labour market figures

Commenting on the labour market figures for December 2018, published today by the ONS, Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 10:26

Justice Committee publishes NAO review of the G4S contract at HMP Birmingham

The Justice Committee has today published correspondence from the Comptroller & Auditor General of the National Audit Office...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 10:23

Robust labour market an ‘anchor’ amid turbulence, but no room for complacency – IoD

Responding to latest official labour market statistics for the UK, showing there were 396,000 more people in work compared with a year earlier, Tej Parikh, Senior Economist at the Institute of Directors, said...

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 10:22