Membership of Local Government Finance Bill Committee
The following members will serve on the committee considering the Local Government Finance Bill...
Thursday, 26 January 2017 06:58
Presentation of Bill: European Union (Notification of Withdrawal)
Bill to confer power on the Prime Minister to notify, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the EU...
Thursday, 26 January 2017 06:52
Social Mobility Commission: New research uncovers ‘class pay gap’ in Britain’s professions
Professionals from working class backgrounds paid £6,800 less than colleagues from more affluent backgrounds in the same jobs...
Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:01
Minister for the Middle East statement on settlement units in the West bank
Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood statement on the Israeli Government’s announcement to build 2,500 settlement units in the West Bank...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:15
Opposition debate on prisons - Extract and full debate
Extract: Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con): The Prison Officers Association is not innocent in this matter. The priority for my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:00
LGA responds to new homeless statistics
Responding to new government statistics which show an increase in the number of people sleeping rough, Cllr Martin Tett, LGA Housing spokesman, said...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 14:52
Arbitrary cap on the number of children the Government will support is not only cruel, but is bad policy - Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on the Government’s two child limit on tax credits, said...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 14:50
Baroness Anelay speech at Holocaust Memorial Day event
Baroness Anelay welcomed guests at the Foreign Office's Holocaust Memorial Day event...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 14:49
Prisoner rehabilitation to be focus of government's policy, says Truss
Justice Secretary Liz Truss told the House of Commons today that the government's policy on prisons will in future focus as much on rehabilitation as on punishment...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 14:40
BP Energy Outlook - Greenpeace response
In response to BP releasing their annual 'Energy Outlook' report, Charlie Kronick, Senior Climate Advisor for Greenpeace UK, said...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 14:30