UCU higher education members to be congratulated as pension consultation shows a significantly lower contribution rate and total restoration of benefits on track for April 2024
Today, a consultation launched by the USS Trustee shows that the scheme is on track for full restoration of pension benefits by April 2024, which follows cuts that were imposed on staff in April 2022...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:29
Peter Kyle responds to Northern Ireland Legacy Bill being delayed
Peter Kyle MP, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,responding to the Government this morning confirming that the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy & Reconciliation) Bill will not make it onto statute this side of recesss, said...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:27
Scottish Government: LGBT Veterans Independent Review
Veterans Minister, Graeme Dey today responded to the publication of Lord Etherton’s independent review into the service and experience of LGBT veterans who served in the Armed Forces between 1967 and 2000...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 12:30
Impose heavier restrictions on disposable vapes to limit child use, urges Committee
The Government should consider bringing restrictions on packaging and marketing of vapes in line with those that apply to tobacco products to tackle a rise in use among children...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 12:28
Police Pension Scheme retrospective remedy (update)
On 28 February, the government launched the consultation on the draft Police Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 to address the provisions needed to implement the second phase of the McCloud/Sargeant remedy (retrospective remedy)...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 12:23
Mid-life MOT expansion to help tens of thousands assess work, wellbeing, and finances
Tens of thousands of Brits will be helped to take stock of their work, wellbeing and finances through a £5 million expansion of the DWP’s “Mid-life MOT” initiative...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 12:20
Government backing UK engineering biology firms to revolutionise medicine, food and environmental protection
UK firms harnessing the power of biology in a range of sectors will be under the spotlight in Downing Street as science leaders and ministers meet to unleash the full potential of the UK’s engineering biology sector...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 12:04
Scottish Government: Social and affordable housing supply boost
Efforts to reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation will be backed by at least £60 million to support a national acquisition plan to increase the supply of social and affordable housing...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 12:02
Ten trailblazing projects secure investment from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) as part of the drive to decarbonise the energy system at the lowest cost to consumers
Ten trailblazing projects have secured £95.3m of funding in a significant step forward in the drive for decarbonised and affordable energy...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 10:04
SMMT statement on gigafactory investment
Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 08:27