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Business groups back new IPPR blueprint to end flip-flopping and to get serious about green industrial growth

The government’s constant chop and change of policies and personnel has led to a decade of low investment and low growth, according to a new report by IPPR...

Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01

£8 billion boost to repair roads and back drivers

Millions of people will enjoy smoother, safer, and faster road journeys thanks to the biggest ever road resurfacing programme to improve local roads...

Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01

LGA responds to £8.3bn roads funding announcement

Responding to the Government’s announcement of £8.3 billion over the next 11 years to improve local roads, Cllr Darren Rodwell, transport spokesperson for the Local Government Association, said...

Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01

MPs’ New Hospital Programme verdict underlines urgent need to boost NHS capital investment, says NHS Providers

In response to a report by MPs who probed the government’s New Hospital Programme (NHP), the director of policy and strategy at NHS Providers, Miriam Deakin said...

Friday, 17 November 2023 00:01

Labour energy plan means lower bills and jobs for Scotland

Only a Labour government can end thirteen years of energy insecurity and rising energy bills under the Conservatives and the SNP, Keir Starmer has said as part of a visit to the North East of Scotland...

Thursday, 16 November 2023 22:30

UN news: Gaza: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down ‘entire’ humanitarian operation

Lack of fuel is jeopardizing “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw sewage is now flowing in the streets, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees..

Thursday, 16 November 2023 19:00

Virtual 'hangar' to serve as shared repository for aviation concepts

The 'hangar', or the Aviation Concepts Environment (ACE), will open up to Dstl, Front Line Commands and invited industry partners...

Thursday, 16 November 2023 18:58

Rebecca Pow writes to committee chair regarding packaging and packaging waste

Rebecca Pow MP, Minister for Environmental Quality and Resilience, has written to the chair of the European Scrutiny Committee  on the subject of packaging waste...

Thursday, 16 November 2023 18:54

Guidance: ​​Responsible Actors Scheme

The Responsible Actors Scheme was launched in July 2023. Eligible developers who do not join the Scheme and comply with its conditions will have planning and building control prohibitions...

Thursday, 16 November 2023 18:42

Guidance: Active mile briefings

Provides information about the evidence on active mile initiatives, ideas for how to implement them and examples of practice...

Thursday, 16 November 2023 18:38