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Scottish Government: Lifesaving overdose-reversal scheme

Access to potentially life-saving naloxone kits, which reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is being expanded to community pharmacies across Scotland...

Monday, 30 October 2023 11:08

Report finds 'worrying vacuum' in surveillance camera plans

An independent study warns that the plan to abolish biometrics and surveillance safeguards will leave the UK without oversight...

Monday, 30 October 2023 10:16

Home Secretary urged to provide sanctuary for Gaza refugees

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman urging the UK government to use its resettlement scheme to help refugees from Gaza...

Monday, 30 October 2023 10:14

Single use plastics banned from today in Wales - Welsh Conservatives respond

Commenting on the news that single use plastics have been banned in Wales from today, Welsh Conservatives Shadow Climate Change Minister, Janet Finch-Saunders MS said...

Monday, 30 October 2023 10:11

UK supports moratorium on deep sea mining to protect ocean and marine ecosystems

The UK government has today announced its support for measures designed to protect the world’s ocean and improve the conservation of marine biodiversity...

Monday, 30 October 2023 10:07

AI Summit is dominated by Big Tech and a “missed opportunity”, civil society organisations tell Prime Minister

More than 100 civil society organisations from across the UK and world have today (Monday) branded the government’s AI Summit as “a missed opportunity”...

Monday, 30 October 2023 10:05

Industry Minister makes historic visit to Mongolia to boost UK critical minerals supply chains

Industry Minister Nusrat Ghani is in Mongolia in an historic visit to boost the UK's critical minerals supply chains....

Monday, 30 October 2023 09:32

Barrier to employment lifted for thousands of ex-offenders

Over 120,000 former offenders will find it easier to get work and turn their lives away from crime following a change in the law...

Monday, 30 October 2023 09:31

Aviation Council makes progress on futureproofing aviation sector

Vital reforms considered by the Aviation Council to achieve an innovative and efficient sector that provides more choice and better value for passengers...

Monday, 30 October 2023 09:07

Hate speech laws threaten free speech, says new IEA paper

Hate speech laws are being used to shut down open, democratic debate...

Monday, 30 October 2023 09:06