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Reducing the prison population in Scotland

Legislation proposed to deliver sustained reduction to rising prisoner numbers...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 10:23

BRC: 80+ Retailers write to Chancellor over Budget

Please find a copy of the Letter to Rachel Reeves that was sent yesterday and signed by 81 retail CEOs...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 10:22

New IDC inquiry: is the FCDO getting bang for its buck: The FCDO’s approach to Value for Money

Today the International Development Committee has launched an inquiry into the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) approach to achieving Value for Money in its aid programmes...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 10:20

UK sanctions perpetrators of Russia’s forced deportation and brainwashing of Ukrainian children on 1000th day of full-scale invasion of Ukraine

UK sanctions those involved in Russia’s systematic attempt to erase Ukrainian cultural and national identity...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 09:52

SRC: Scottish Ministers Should Scrap Surtax and Prioritise Competitiveness

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has written to Scottish Ministers calling on them to ditch the mooted surtax on grocery stores and deliver competitive business rates...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 09:50

Government guidelines to make school runs happier, healthier and greener

New guidance will help to design activity into our neighbourhoods and reduce congestion on the roads during school run times...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 09:48

The Scottish Household Survey: Satisfaction with Schools 2023 results

The Scottish Household Survey: Satisfaction with Schools 2023 results, published today, contains the key findings of the question asked in the social survey on satisfaction with local schools for all adults and service users...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 09:45

Oral answer (Lords) on Curriculum and Assessment Review - Nov 18

Lord Holmes of Richmond asked the Government whether the Curriculum and Assessment Review led by Professor Becky Francis will seek to prioritise digital literacy, artificial intelligence literacy, media literacy and financial literacy, alongside reading, writing and mathematics...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 07:36

End of business adjournment debate on Primary School Breakfast Clubs - Nov 18

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough) (Lab): Children are going hungry inside crumbling schools...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 07:34

Commons statement on Financial Services: Mansion House Speech - Nov 18

Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes): Mr Speaker is very disappointed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has not come to the House in person to update us on last Thursday’s Mansion House speech...

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 07:32