Chancellor's position on FOBTs is untenable - John McDonnell
John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on a report that the Government’s decision not to cut stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to £2 until October 2019 was influenced by a “discredited” secret report commissioned by bookmakers, said...
Monday, 12 November 2018 11:00
Mayor issues stark warning on loss of freedom of movement
The Government will wreak enormous damage on London and the UK’s economy if it prevents businesses from continuing to recruit workers from the EU after Brexit, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, will warn today....
Monday, 12 November 2018 10:21
Universal Credit leaving many in debt and rent arrears - Margaret Greenwood
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the BBC report on Universal Credit and rent arrears, said...
Monday, 12 November 2018 10:07
Welsh Lib Dems Investing in Teachers
Welsh Liberal Democrat Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has announced the single biggest investment in support for Wales’ teachers since devolution through a groundbreaking £24m package to help teachers deliver Wales’ new curriculum...
Monday, 12 November 2018 09:52
Safeguarding week: We need to act NOW to protect children and adults at risk adults from abuse
People across Wales are being urged by the Welsh Government to act NOW and do more to ensure children and adults are not put at risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation...
Monday, 12 November 2018 09:11
Alun Cairns calls on Welsh schools to sign up to new UK aid backed programme to connect schools with African, Asian and Middle Eastern classrooms
The Welsh Secretary will visit Heronsbridge School in Bridgend to launch the Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning programme in Wales...
Monday, 12 November 2018 07:59
Home Affairs Committee: Modern slavery inquiry transcript - Nov 6
The Home Affairs Committee has agreed to undertake an inquiry looking at what progress has been made in the three years since the Modern Slavery Act came into force and what more remains to be done...
Monday, 12 November 2018 07:56
Business Select Committee launches audit inquiry
At a keynote speech at Chartered Accountants Hall on Monday morning, Rachel Reeves MP, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, will officially launch the Committee’s new inquiry...
Monday, 12 November 2018 00:01
Extract from Damian Hinds interview on the Andrew Marr Show today
Let’s turn to something you are close to which your own department. Do you think it was tin-eared of the Chancellor to say he was going to give little extras...
Sunday, 11 November 2018 13:41
£109 million investment to create 359 jobs
Hundreds of high-tech jobs created from overseas investment into the UK’s thriving FinTech, information technology and advanced engineering sectors...
Sunday, 11 November 2018 09:25