First Minister calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
First Minister Humza Yousaf has written to UK political leaders urging them to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, to allow a humanitarian corridor to open...
Friday, 27 October 2023 15:47
Overwhelming support for Online Safety Act as rules making UK the safest place in the world to be online become law
Raft of voices below have thrown their support behind Act protecting children from online harm, while empowering adults with more choices over what they see online...
Friday, 27 October 2023 15:24
NEU: Teachers in independent schools face further pensions threat
Responding to today’s announcement of a 5% increase to the employer’s contribution to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme...
Friday, 27 October 2023 14:27
Norwegian Refugee Council: Israel - Gaza: World leaders must call for an immediate ceasefire
Statement from Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)...
Friday, 27 October 2023 14:23
The Wine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023
Deregulation of wine legislation to allow for flexibility in the industry...
Friday, 27 October 2023 13:26
UN: Gaza: Testimonies highlight grim plight of civilians expecting to die
The UN’s top human rights official issued a new appeal on Friday for an end to the Israel-Palestine crisis and the release of all hostages, amid rising civilian deaths and reports that children's names have been written on their arms so that they can be identified in case they die in the rubble...
Friday, 27 October 2023 13:23
Small businesses to benefit from one of the largest shake ups to procurement regulations in UK history
New procurement rules have today become law, following the Royal Assent of the Procurement Act - and is part of the Government’s work to make long-term decisions that will change this country for the better...
Friday, 27 October 2023 12:51
Virginia Crosbie MP expresses her frustration at lack of Avanti Christmas rail services
Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie has expressed her frustration in Parliament this week over a lack of Avanti services from Holyhead to London at Christmas...
Friday, 27 October 2023 12:50
More than £5 billion in student finance payments made at the start of academic year
By Jackie Currie, SLC Executive Director, Business Operations...
Friday, 27 October 2023 12:49
ASCL and NAHT write to Education Secretary over ‘desperately disappointing’ tone of RSHE comments
Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, and Paul Whiteman, General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, have written to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan today...
Friday, 27 October 2023 12:47