National Audit Office report on Reducing the harm from illegal drugs
The government’s 2021 drugs strategy has provided fresh impetus to the efforts to tackle harm to society from illegal drugs...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
Delayed smart meter programme fails to hit targets and secure public support
Progress on rolling out smart energy meters remains too slow, and the Government has not done enough to convince the public of their benefits...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
Funding gap growing as councils “firmly in eye of inflationary storm” – LGA
Councils in England face a funding gap of £4 billion over the next two years the Local Government Association reveals today...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
Drivers’ anger with the poor state of Britain’s local roads reaches highest level in nine years - RAC
Anger with the poor state of Britain’s local roads has reached its highest point in nine years...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
New planning policies for major road and rail schemes need clarifying against Net Zero laws, says Transport Committee
The Transport Committee has published its analysis of the Government’s proposals to revamp planning policies for nationally significant road and rail infrastructure projects...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
LGA responds to RAC annual motoring report
Responding to the RAC’s annual Report on Motoring, which found nearly half of drivers surveyed listed the condition of Britain’s local roads as a top motoring concern...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
Baseline Assessment of English and Maths is inaccurate and unhelpful, finds new survey - NEU comments
Commenting on the results of a survey of reception teachers and primary school leaders conducted by Teacher Tapp for More Than a Score, Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
County lines gangs smashed in national police blitz
Drug gangs across the UK were targeted in a national police operation last week, leading to 250 county lines being taken down and 1,613 arrests...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
Committee chair comments on Care Quality Commission report
Responding to the report, The state of health care and adult social care in England 2022/23, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Health and Social Care Committee Chair Steve Brine MP said...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01
Alex Norris responds to the NAO's report on the Government’s 2021 drug strategy
Alex Norris MP, Labour’s Shadow Policing Minister, responding to the National Audit Office’s report on the Government’s 2021 drug strategy, said...
Friday, 20 October 2023 00:01