Preparing for EU exit - BEIS update
An update on EU exit preparations by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy....
Friday, 11 January 2019 12:20
JRF response to Amber Rudd's speech on Universal Credit
Campbell Robb, Chief Executive of the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said...
Friday, 11 January 2019 12:18
Reform to two-child limit addresses retrospection, but does not change long-run cut to support for big families says IFS report
Today Amber Rudd, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, announced that the ‘two-child limit’ in tax credits and Universal Credit will not apply to children born before April 2017...
Friday, 11 January 2019 12:14
Lib Dems: UC needs investment, not just reform
Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine has warned the Conservatives must commit to “major investment” to remedy the problems with Universal Credit...
Friday, 11 January 2019 11:52
What can be learnt about the approach to Forensic Science in other jurisdictions? Lords to hear evidence
On Tuesday 15th January the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee will continue to hear evidence about the use of forensic science in courts in England and Wales...
Friday, 11 January 2019 11:51
Bishop welcomes Universal Credit announcement
Following comments by the Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd on changes to Universal Credit, the Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, who speaks for the Church of England on issues relating to children and young people, said...
Friday, 11 January 2019 11:08
Cutting food waste: Game-Changing fund opens
The Government will today (Friday) invite food redistribution organisations to apply for the first £5 million round of funding under a multi-million pound pilot scheme to reduce food waste...
Friday, 11 January 2019 11:05
Electric vehicles: driving the transition: Government Response to the BEIS Committee’s Fourteenth Report of Session 2017-19
The Government welcomes the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s report Electric vehicles: driving the transition (HC 383) which was published on 19 October 2018...
Friday, 11 January 2019 11:01
Written statement on Universal Credit - Jan 11
Alok Sharma (Minister of State for Employment): Universal Credit is a vital reform...
Friday, 11 January 2019 10:44
Committee to question Secretary of State about funding for brain tumour research
On Tuesday 15 January, the Petitions Committee will follow up on its report, Funding for research into brain tumours, published in March 2016, with an evidence session....
Friday, 11 January 2019 09:46