Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill: Amendments supplementary to the second marshalled list of amendments for Committee - Nov 5
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill: Amendments supplementary to the second marshalled list of amendments for Committee - Nov 5...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 07:54
Committee publishes Government’s response to report ‘The Government’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment’
The Environmental Audit Committee has published the Government’s response to its report ‘The Government’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment’...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01
IEA: UK must embrace innovation to make farming economically & environmentally viable
Britain’s agricultural productivity has stagnated at a time when the world needs to double food production to keep up with the growth of the population, according to a new IEA report...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01
Spending on tax-free childcare to fall by a further £600 million, Budget data reveals
Spending on the Government’s troubled tax-free childcare (“TFC”) policy is projected to be another £600m lower than anticipated, data from the Office for Budget Responsibility (“OBR”) has revealed...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01
Government must urgently re-assess "benefits sanctions regime at times so counter-productive it just seems pointlessly cruel"
No evidence the Committee received was “more compelling than that against the imposition of conditionality and sanctions on people with a disability or health condition...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01
LGA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on 25 year environment plan
Responding to the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on the Government’s 25 year Environment Plan, Cllr Martin Tett, LGA Environment spokesman, said...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01
Action still needed on Universal Credit wait says charity, as new figures show a 13% increase in foodbank use in just six months compared to this time last year
The Trussell Trust’s foodbank network provided 658,048 emergency supplies to people in crisis between April and September 2018, a 13% increase on the same period in 2017...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01
Trussell Trust figures show a 13% increase in foodbank use - Margaret Greenwood response
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to new figures from the Trussell Trust which suggest a 13% increase in foodbank use could be linked to Universal Credit, said...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01
Conservative response to Labour on childcare
Responding, Tom Pursglove MP, Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Youth, said...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01
Despite uncertainty, blockchains may still be compatible with data privacy laws according to new study
There is significant uncertainty as to how European data protection rules apply to blockchain technology, according to a new study...
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01