UK must confirm support for immediate ceasefire UN resolution, say SNP
The UK government must meet its humanitarian obligations by confirming its support for a UN Security Council resolution on an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the SNP’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Brendan O'Hara MP, has said...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:07
Centre for Social Justice: Severe absence from schools at record high - persistent absence up more than 15 per cent
Commenting on today’s Government release of the latest school attendance data – for Summer term 2023 – Beth Prescott, Education Lead at the Centre for Social Justice, said...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:06
Alison McGovern responds to government statistics showing an increase in child poverty
Alison McGovern MP, Labour’s Shadow Employment and Social Security Minister, responding to statistics published this morning by the Department for Work and Pensions that show an increase in child poverty, said...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:04
IFS: New statistics show large increases in material deprivation and food insecurity during cost-of-living crisis, which headline poverty measures do not reflect
New official household income statistics released today show that the real incomes of the poorest third of households were roughly the same in 2022-23 as in 2019-20...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:03
Government response to the Joint Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill
Response to the Joint Committee’s recommendations for the draft Mental Health Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 and deliver a modern mental health service...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:00
Self-driving delivery boats to benefit from £1.8 million future transport fund
Grants will help innovators develop new concepts – such as an automated boat that could deliver parcels by water – to tackle pressing transport issues...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 10:15
New measures to boost resilience of 999 call system
A government review has been published today which will help to bolster the resilience of the 999-call handling system following a technical fault in June 2023...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 10:12
Ofsted asks children for their help with the Big Listen
Ofsted has today extended its Big Listen consultation to hear directly from children, seeking their views on how Ofsted can improve....
Thursday, 21 March 2024 10:11
DWP Secretary of State words on annual poverty statistics
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride said...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 09:44
Questions remain over Government’s plan for improving soil health
The EFRA Committee today publishes the Government’s Response to its report on Soil Health, which called for soil health to be put on the same footing as water and air quality within government policy...
Thursday, 21 March 2024 09:39