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Extract from remaining stages (Commons) of the Finance (No 2) Bill - April 25

Peter Dowd (Bootle) (Lab):...On tax avoidance, it is time for a wholesale shift in how we approach taxation and the treatment of self-employment...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 07:53

Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - April 25

Lord Naseby (Con):...I have had the privilege of working overseas in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 07:46

Extracts from report stage (Lords) of the Criminal Finances Bill - April 25t

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford) (Con):...The newly elected Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 07:43

Extracts from report stage (Lords) of the Criminal Finances Bill - April 25

Baroness Stern (CB):...On 8 November, the Chancellor of the Exchequer made a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on the work to date of the cross-agency Panama Papers Taskforce...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 07:38

Extracts from Lords proceedings - April 25

Lord Naseby (Con):...I have had the privilege of working overseas in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, and I spent part of my national service in Canada...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 07:33

DfE must use schools funding in more coherent and cost-effective way say MPs

Committee not convinced meeting target for new free schools represents best use of limited funds...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:01

Fawcett Society finds sexism ‘Commonplace’ in Local Government

38% report sexist comments from council colleagues, one-third in council chamber and 10% of female councillors have experienced sexual harassment...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:01

DfE must ensure new schools represent value for money says ASCL

The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) has today (Wednesday 26 April 2017) published a report on ‘Capital funding for schools’...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:01

ATL comment on PAC report on capital funding for schools

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: “The PAC report is a devastating critique of the Government's failure to provide sufficient school places for a rapidly growing pupil population...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:01

LGA responds to Fawcett Society report on gender equality in local government

Responding to the Fawcett Society report on gender equality and sexism in local government, Cllr Claire Kober, Local Government Association spokesperson, said...

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:01