First category c prison issued with an urgent notification following a decade of systemic failure and decline
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has written to the Secretary of State to invoke an urgent notification (UN) for improvement at HMP Rochester after a damning inspection found decrepit conditions...
Sunday, 1 September 2024 22:26
Public now think access to private health services a necessary expense for households like them - Joseph Rowntree Foundation
For the first time the British public have deemed it necessary to set aside a budget for having to pay for some health treatments privately, reflecting challenges accessing some NHS services ...
Sunday, 1 September 2024 10:14
Decades of defence and international experience added to review team
A root and branch review of UK defence was launched by Prime Minister Keir Starmer last month to make Britain secure at home and strong abroad for decades to come...
Sunday, 1 September 2024 10:06
Switch £6 billion from Whitehall to town halls to get stay-at-homes back to work and restore social order - CSJ report
Some £6 billion of government money should be switched from Whitehall to local government across the country in a bid to tackle economic inactivity driven by the post-pandemic surge...
Sunday, 1 September 2024 10:00
Government to deliver most ‘packed legislative agenda for a change of government in decades’ as MPs return to Parliament
The Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell MP, is today (Sunday 1 September) setting out the new Labour Government’s plans and priorities for the coming weeks and months, as MPs return to Parliament for a new term.
Saturday, 31 August 2024 22:30
Stephen Flynn's speech to the SNP conference
Conference, if you'll allow I wish to begin my remarks with a personal congratulations...
Saturday, 31 August 2024 16:41
UK to receive earlier flood and drought warnings using high-tech sensors and real time monitoring
Predicting where future flooding and droughts will strike next in the UK will be made easier under a new project for scientists using the latest tech and real-time data...
Saturday, 31 August 2024 16:36
Major conservation works underway at historic Tintern Abbey
The first phase of conservation works to the chapels at the iconic Tintern Abbey has begun, Cadw has announced...
Saturday, 31 August 2024 00:01
Vindi Banga reappointed as Chair of UK Government Investments
Vindi Banga has been reappointed as Chair of UK Government Investments (UKGI) for a second three-year term, commencing in September 2024...
Friday, 30 August 2024 22:34
Government funded childcare offer to kick in from next week
Hundreds of thousands of parents of children from nine months old take up new 15 government funded hours of early education from Monday..
Friday, 30 August 2024 13:40