Digital Economy Bill: Third marshalled list of amendments to be moved in committee - Feb 3
Digital Economy Bill: Third marshalled list of amendments to be moved in committee - Feb 3...
Friday, 3 February 2017 07:49
Government must establish additional financial support for disabled people before introducing lower benefit rate, says committee
In a cross-party report published today, Friday 3 February 2017, the Work and Pensions Committee says that, if the Department is to press ahead with introducing a lower rate of benefit for new claimants of the Employment Support Allowance...
Friday, 3 February 2017 00:01
PAC: Government must step up work to protect Britain from cyber attacks
Threats to cyber security are growing rapidly and government faces “a real struggle” to find enough staff with the skills to fight them, the Committee of Public Accounts says today...
Friday, 3 February 2017 00:01
LGA: Councils must be able to force Academies to take in "hard to place" children
Councils must be given the power to direct academy schools to take in ‘hard to place’ students, including those excluded from other schools, if those places available are best for the children, council leaders stressed today...
Friday, 3 February 2017 00:01
NHBC new home registrations resilient throughout 2016
More than 150,000 new homes were registered in the UK by NHBC in 2016, the second highest in almost a decade.
Friday, 3 February 2017 00:01
This Report is clear indictment that Tories are failing to support disabled people - Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, commenting on the Work and Pensions Select Committee Report on the Disability Employment Gap, said...
Friday, 3 February 2017 00:01
CBI responds to Brexit White Paper
The CBI has responded to the publication of the Government’s White Paper on Brexit...
Thursday, 2 February 2017 16:06
Oral answer (Lords) on United Kingdom Economy: European Union - Feb 2
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering asked the Government what assessment they have made of the comparative advantages, disadvantages and costs to the United Kingdom economy of (1) free trade agreements, (2) membership of the European Union Single Market, and (3) participation in the European Union Customs Union...
Thursday, 2 February 2017 15:51
Oral answer (Lords) on Brexit: Article 50 - Feb 2
Lord Spicer asked the Government on what date Article 50 will be invoked...
Thursday, 2 February 2017 15:49
Oral answer (Lords) on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - Feb 2
Baroness Northover asked the Government what action they are taking in relation to the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual citizen detained in Iran...
Thursday, 2 February 2017 15:47