Councils call for urgent action to improve safety in youth offending institutions
Action is urgently needed to make sure children and young people detained in youth offending institutions and secure training centres are safe, council leaders say...
Friday, 22 September 2017 00:01
Prime Minister to set out ambitious vision for a new partnership
The Prime Minister will today set out a confident and ambitious vision for the UK’s future relationship with the EU and remind leaders of the profound sense of responsibility on both sides to get it right...
Thursday, 21 September 2017 22:30
Latest on UK response to Hurricane Maria
UK aid teams have been on the ground in Dominica to assess the devastation caused by the recent extreme weather in the Caribbean...
Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:49
New funding announced for victims of child sexual abuse
Grant funding of £600,000 has been awarded to four charities to help victims of child sexual abuse...
Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:46
UK sets up joint Caribbean Coordination Cell with French and Dutch allies
Building on the strong collaboration seen between the three nations so far in the international response to the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria...
Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:09
UK firms challenged to cut freight emissions
Roads Minister Jesse Norman has today called on UK businesses to lead research into low emission technology for lorries, as well as cars and vans...
Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:04
BEIS Committee launch Electric Vehicles: Developing the Market and Infrastructure inquiry
The Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Committee has today launched an inquiry into electric vehicles, the challenges they represent for the energy infrastructure...
Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:19
Report claiming benefits of longer lorries is flawed, say campaigners
Campaigners have reacted angrily to the publication by the Department of Transport of a report which claims that longer semi-trailers can reduce congestion, pollution and collisions...
Thursday, 21 September 2017 10:35
Health Committee launches inquiry into regulation of medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin after Brexit
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community means new regulatory arrangements must be put in place from 29 March 2019...
Thursday, 21 September 2017 10:05
Statistics on passenger and freight rail performance: April to June 2017
Statistics on passenger and freight rail performance in Great Britain with the latest data referring to 1 April to 30 June 2017....
Thursday, 21 September 2017 10:00