Mayor vows to protect ‘the lungs of the capital’
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has strengthened the commitment to protect London’s Green Belt and other important open spaces for future generations...
Monday, 27 November 2017 08:53
Demand for consumer services falters amid rising prices, finds CBI Survey
Demand in the services sector weakened in the three months to November, as consumer services saw business volumes fall at the fastest pace since February 2012, according to the CBI’s latest quarterly Service Sector Survey...
Monday, 27 November 2017 00:01
LGA responds to RAC Foundation report on parking
Responding to the RAC Foundation’s report on parking, Cllr Martin Tett, the Local Government Association’s Transport spokesman said...
Monday, 27 November 2017 00:01
Major Pharma leader MSD first to endorse Government's industrial strategy as it announces major investment in the UK
The Business Secretary has confirmed today (Monday 27 November) that world-leading life sciences company MSD is set to make a major investment into the UK economy...
Monday, 27 November 2017 00:01
LEPs not suited for growth role, Local Industrial Strategy architects warn
In response to today's publication of the Industrial Strategy White Paper, Localis chief executive, Liam Booth-Smith, said...
Monday, 27 November 2017 00:01
Second reading (Lords) of the Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill (private bill) - Nov 24
Lord Soley (Lab): My Lords, there is a difficult balance to be struck between the rights of parents to have the education for their child that they choose and the rights of the child....
Sunday, 26 November 2017 11:20
Extracts from the second reading (Lords) of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill (private bill) - Nov 24
Lord Bird (CB):...I will not go on, because there are some very good speakers following me who can do all the numbers and so on...
Sunday, 26 November 2017 11:16
Extract from the second reading (Lords) of the Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill (private bill) - Nov 24
Lord Addington (LD):...I say that because the minute you start looking into something you suddenly find something that affects the little world that I come from...
Sunday, 26 November 2017 11:11
Second reading (Lords) of the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Disabled Access) Bill - Nov 24
Lord Blencathra (Con): My Lords, I have pleasure in moving the Second Reading of this innocuous little Bill to amend the Equality Act 2010 to grant 800,000 wheelchair users access to 70,000 shops and public buildings to which we are denied access at the moment...
Sunday, 26 November 2017 11:07
Extracts from the second reading (Lords) of the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Disabled Access) Bill (private bill) - Nov 24
Lord Haworth (Lab):...When I was preparing for the debate, I of course read the relevant sections of the report from the Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010...
Sunday, 26 November 2017 11:02