JCNSS calls on Prime Minister to defend the UK’s democracy as snap election is called
The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy is today publishing a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressing a series of concerns regarding the threats and risks to our democracy before...
Friday, 24 May 2024 09:00
Ed Miliband responds to the energy price cap announcement
Ed Miliband MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy Secretary, responding to the energy price cap announcement, said...
Friday, 24 May 2024 08:52
Third reading (Lords) of the Victims and Prisoners Bill - May 23
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bellamy) (Con): My Lords, I have two matters to address. The first matter is the position on devolution...
Friday, 24 May 2024 07:50
Westminster Hall debate on Floating Offshore Wind and Contracts for Difference - May 23
Selaine Saxby (North Devon) (Con): I beg to move, that this House has considered floating offshore wind and Allocation Round 6 of the Contracts for Difference scheme...
Friday, 24 May 2024 07:47
Extract from Business statement (Commons) - May 23
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab): The Guardian reports that, as a result of the Conservative Government’s Brexit deal, the costs of touring in the EU are now so high that 74% fewer UK bands are now touring there...
Friday, 24 May 2024 07:43
Extract from Business statement (Commons) - May 23
Leader of the Commons (Penny Mordaunt):...Yesterday, I met some of the families of those still held hostage in Gaza...
Friday, 24 May 2024 07:41
BRC: Gloomy Spring weather hits retail sales
Responding to the latest ONS Retail Sales Index figures, which showed sales down 1.5% by value, and down 3.0% by volume, Kris Hamer, Director of Insight at the British Retail Consortium, said...
Friday, 24 May 2024 07:34
Energy price cap for July to September confirmed
Energy regulator Ofgem has today (Friday 24 May, 2024) confirmed the energy price cap for the third quarter of 2024...
Friday, 24 May 2024 07:31
MPs caution against abandoning the Census, until Government addresses long-standing failures around data-sharing
The Census should not be abandoned before officials address long-standing barriers to the sharing of data for statistical and research purposes, MPs say today...
Friday, 24 May 2024 00:01
National Audit Office: Ambition to reduce Crown Court backlog no longer achievable
The Ministry of Justice’s ambition to reduce the Crown Court backlog of 67,573 cases to 53,000 by March 2025 is no longer achievable1, according to the latest National Audit Office (NAO) report...
Friday, 24 May 2024 00:01