Extract from Scottish Parliament statement on Storm Babet - Oct 25
Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab): I thank the minister for advance notice of her statement...
Thursday, 26 October 2023 07:42
Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on the Culture Sector - Oct 25
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab): ...I want to spend some time discussing the confusion that still reigns in the arts sector following the recent announcement...
Thursday, 26 October 2023 07:39
Extract from Scottish Parliament: Constitution, External Affairs and Culture questions: Gaza (Humanitarian Assistance) - Oct 25
James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to support the provision of humanitarian assistance for the civilian population of Gaza...
Thursday, 26 October 2023 07:36
Extract from Welsh Parliament: Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language - Oct 25
Darren Millar MS: What action is the Welsh Government taking to promote the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism by the further and higher education sector in Wales...
Thursday, 26 October 2023 07:28
Rent now swallows up virtually all of the average maintenance loan as the student accommodation market reaches ‘crisis point’, says new HEPI report
Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6% over the past two academic years, according to a new report from Unipol and HEPI, meaning they now swallow up nearly all of the average maintenance loan...
Thursday, 26 October 2023 00:01
TaxPayers' Alliance: Transparency crisis as hundreds of councils fail to publish audited accounts
New analysis by the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) shows that almost 100 councils have failed to publish any statement of accounts for the latest financial year...
Thursday, 26 October 2023 00:01
IFS: Incapacity benefits changes strengthen work incentives for over a million, but hundreds of thousands left worse off
In March, the government proposed reforms aimed at supporting people with health conditions to get into, and remain in, paid work...
Thursday, 26 October 2023 00:01
Irish and UK unions warn Strikes Act could breach post-Brexit deal and “stoke UK-EU tensions”
The TUC and ICTU have today (Thursday) joined forces to warn about the impact of the Conservatives’ Strikes Act on future UK-EU relations...
Thursday, 26 October 2023 00:01
Prime Minister calls for global responsibility to take AI risks seriously and seize its opportunities
UK Government officially publishes report on capabilities and risks from frontier AI for the first time, drawing on sources including intelligence assessments...
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 22:30
More action needed to advance women’s role in global peace and security, says Guterres
Twenty-three years after the adoption of a landmark UN Security Council resolution on women, peace and security, their presence is still woefully lacking at negotiation tables...
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 20:53