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Backdating powers in civil cases to be introduced

Discretionary powers to backdate certain legal aid determinations are to be given to the Director of Legal Aid Casework from 20 February 2019...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 18:28

"Let's pledge to do our part to end HIV" - Speech by Health Secretary Matt Hancock

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care speaks to the AIDSfree Cities Global Forum about eradicating HIV transmission in England...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:41

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt affirms Israel’s “unconditional right to self-defence” at CFI Parliamentary Reception

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, celebrated the “great friendship” between the UK and Israel...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:39

Urgent question (Commons) on Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial Extent - Jan 30

Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op)(Urgent Question): To ask the Home Secretary to make a statement on the territorial extent of the draft Domestic Abuse Bill and the consequences of this for victims of violence across the UK...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:20

Extract from PMQ: Holocaust Memorial Day - Jan 30

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con): Last Sunday, we commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day, when we remembered the darkest period in Europe’s history...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:19

Extract from PMQs: Homelessness - Jan 30

Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill) (Lab): In the cold of Sunday, Kane Walker was found dead on the pavements of Birmingham...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:17

Extract from PMQs: Dawlish - Jan 30

Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) (Lab/Co-op): Next week marks five years since the train line at Dawlish was washed away in storms...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:15

UK pledges continued support to Commonwealth’s young people

HRH The Duke of Sussex and the Minister of State for the Commonwealth meet youth representatives to look ahead to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2020...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 15:51

Building London Summit 2019: Speech given by the Secretary of State the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP

As a London MP, I know just how vital the capital’s businesses and the talented, dedicated people who lead them, work in them and support them are to our country’s prosperity...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 15:49

Apprenticeship non-levy from April 2019 to March 2020

As per our announcement in November 2018, we are extending apprenticeship non-levy contracts to provide stability while decisions about the future of the non-levy system are made...

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 15:47