Government cannot demonstrate value for money for untold billions of taxpayer-funded procurement, say MPs
Government is unable to demonstrate value for money across billions of taxpayer pounds of public procurement...
Wednesday, 13 December 2023 00:01
SRC: Alarm Bells not Tills Ring for Retailers
Sales figures are not adjusted for inflation. Given that both the November SPI (BRC) and October CPI (ONS) show inflation running at above normal levels...
Wednesday, 13 December 2023 00:01
Welsh Government: £8 million for community care to support people to stay well at home and reduce pressure on hospitals
Despite the extreme financial pressures on public services, the Welsh Government has held back an extra £8 million this winter to support people at greatest risk to stay well, receive care at or close to home and reduce pressure on hospitals...
Wednesday, 13 December 2023 00:01
UN General Assembly resumes emergency session on Gaza crisis
The UN General Assembly began meeting shortly after 3:00 PM on Tuesday, New York time, in Emergency Special Session on the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict...
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 21:13
Thousands of illegal wildlife products seized by Border Force
Thousands of products containing endangered plant and animal species have been seized by Border Force as part of an intensive international operation to target the criminal...
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 21:07
New Lord Justice of Appeal appointed
His Majesty The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Mr Justice Fraser as a Lord Justice of Appeal...
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 17:55
SNP: Literacy and numeracy attainment gap at record low: strong attainment stats for scotland’s pupils
The SNP Government is delivering major progress on attainment, as new figures reveal the number of pupils in Primary schools from both the most and least deprived areas achieving expected levels of literacy and numeracy has reached a record high...
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 15:10
Scottish Government: Updating the maths curriculum - Specialist to lead improvements
Maths will be the first subject area to be updated as part of a new approach to improvement to ensure that Scotland’s curriculum remains engaging, forward looking and supports high quality teaching and learning...
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 14:45
Works to start on major £1 billion transformation of Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet route
New dual carriageway to reduce congestion and improve journey times between Milton Keynes and Cambridge...
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 14:44
£1.5 million competition seeks innovations to remotely monitor sensitive sites
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is looking for organisations to come forward with innovations to enable the remote monitoring of its legacy nuclear sites...
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 14:24