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Energy price cap for July to September confirmed

Energy regulator Ofgem has today (Friday 24 May, 2024) confirmed the energy price cap for the third quarter of 2024...

Friday, 24 May 2024 07:31

HMICFRS: Peel report for South Wales Police

The PEEL inspection programme is an assessment of the effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy of police forces in England and Wales...

Friday, 24 May 2024 00:01

Decades-long fights for justice remain a risk without broad 'duty of candour' and enhanced legal support for families - human rights committee warns

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has called on the Government to go further in improving how the state responds to major tragedies...

Friday, 24 May 2024 00:01

National Audit Office: Ambition to reduce Crown Court backlog no longer achievable

The Ministry of Justice’s ambition to reduce the Crown Court backlog of 67,573 cases to 53,000 by March 2025 is no longer achievable1, according to the latest National Audit Office (NAO) report...

Friday, 24 May 2024 00:01

MPs caution against abandoning the Census, until Government addresses long-standing failures around data-sharing

The Census should not be abandoned before officials address long-standing barriers to the sharing of data for statistical and research purposes, MPs say today...

Friday, 24 May 2024 00:01

UN news: Increasing disease and humanitarian strain in Gaza amid aid shortages

Living conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate, with reports of an increase in diarrhoea and suspected cases of Hepatitis A, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday...

Thursday, 23 May 2024 23:39

Transcript of Transport Committee hearing on scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill

Witnesses: Ken Skates MS, Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport, Welsh Government; and Peter McDonald, Director for Transport and Digital Connectivity, Welsh Government...

Thursday, 23 May 2024 18:53

Universities UK response to government release on international student visas

Responding to this afternoon’s statement from the Home Office and Department for Education on international student visas, which confirmed there would be no change in relation to the graduate visa...

Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:38

Chair Sir Jeremy Quin issues statement on the work of the Defence Committee

Chair of the Defence Committee, Sir Jeremy Quin MP, said...

Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:21

New measures to tackle student visa abuse

New proposals will further crackdown on student visas, ensuring only genuine students can come to the UK; route will be kept under review..

Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:07