Living conditions in Gaza 'more and more wretched' over past decade, UN finds
A decade after Hamas seized the Gaza Strip, the living conditions for two million people in the Palestinian enclave are deteriorating “further and faster” than the prediction made...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:16
Sutton Trust: New polling finds growing public pessimism on Social Mobility
Just a small improvement to social mobility in the UK – bringing it up to the western Europe average - could lead to an annual increase in GDP of £590 per person...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01
Is emotional and mental health support for children and young people changing for the better?
The emotional and mental health support available for children and young people in Wales is the focus for a new National Assembly Committee inquiry launching today...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01
EU naval mission saves lives in the Med, but has not stopped people smuggling, says Lords EU committee
The EU’s naval mission, Operation Sophia, has failed in its mission to disrupt the business of people smuggling in the central Mediterranean...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01
NAO critical of MoJ handling of the new generation electronic monitoring programme
The Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) has so far failed to achieve value for money with its management of the new generation electronic monitoring programme...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01
ATL comment on Sutton Trust report on social mobility
Commenting on new research by the Sutton Trust on social mobility, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01
Ministry of Justice tagging contract a ‘textbook case of an outsourcing disaster,’ says PCS union
The Public and Commercial Services union has described the Ministry of Justice’s contracts for electronic tagging as a “textbook case of an outsourcing disaster” in light of criticism...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01
Minister outlines Welsh Government’s plans for Employability in Wales
Welsh Skills and Science Minister Julie James today made the following statement: Today I want to set out my agenda for Employability...
Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:29
PPO notes further rises in prison deaths from new psychoactive substances
The number of prisoner deaths in which the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) may have played a part has now risen to at least 79...
Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:00
Commons statement on Taylor Review: Working Practices - July 11
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Margot James): With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the independent review of modern working practices which was led by Matthew Taylor and published earlier today...
Tuesday, 11 July 2017 16:19