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Labour has accused ministers of “dragging their feet” as new figures revealed that millions of pounds are still owed to workers forced to pay fees under an ill-fated scheme brought in by Chris Grayling.
A Cabinet minister has said the Government “stands ready to help” as a huge blaze rips through Glasgow’s School of Art.
Theresa May has expressed her disappointment after a backbench Conservative MP blocked moves to make upskirting a criminal offence.
The Home Office has said it will “carefully consider” allowing a young boy in a life threatening condition to be prescribed cannabis oil as he battles severe epilepsy in hospital.
Universal Credit has failed to deliver value for money and may end up being more expensive to run than the system it is replacing, the Government’s spending watchdog has revealed.
Returning from the election humbled and short of a majority, Theresa May had to restructure No10 after the highly-charged reign of her two former chiefs of staff. But one year on, is the operation struggling to cope under the weight of Brexit and government? Kevin Schofield and Sebastian Whale talk to Downing Street insiders, ministers and backbenchers to find out more about life behind Britain’s most famous black door
Theresa May has been accused of a "U-turn" after ditching a policy she introduced limiting the number of non-EU doctors in the NHS.
Below is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s briefing on the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill in contribution to the upcoming Report and Third Reading debates on 15 June 2018.
The briefing provides an overview of the Commission’s principal concerns related to the impact of the Government’s various “hostile environment” policies in the health, housing, banking, education and other sectors, on vulnerable groups and those who share protected characteristics, including indirect impacts on refugees and asylum seekers.
Law firms must publish information on the prices they charge for certain public-facing services and also display a new badge showing the protections their regulated status gives customers, under new measures confirmed today by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
A package of reforms designed to provide solicitors and law firms with greater flexibility over how they operate, making legal services more accessible to the public, has been finalised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Thousands more skilled workers from outside the EU will be allowed to come to the UK under plans set to be unveiled by Sajid Javid later this week.
This week UKLPG, the trade association for the LPG industry in the UK, responded to BEIS’ Call for Evidence highlighting the role that liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) can play in displacing high carbon fossil fuels in properties off the gas grid.
There is an unfair attempt underway to discredit the Speaker. But the staff of the Commons will not sit by and allow a ‘witch hunt’ to go unchallenged, writes the Serjeant-at-Arms Kamal El-Hajji
A wider campaign is now ahead to address the whole of the justice system, its lack of priority in Government and its desperate need for proper funding, says Andrew Walker QC, Chair of the Bar, and Richard Atkins QC, Chair-Elect of the Bar.
A team of volunteers from Sellafield Ltd’s Warrington offices took up the challenge to transform a local school in Warrington – and exceeded expectations.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has set the level of contributions to the Compensation Fund for 2018/19. Contributions for solicitors will increase by £50 - from £40 to £90. Firm contributions will increase by £902, from £778 to £1,680.
A report analysing the state of policing in England and Wales has identified demand, capacity and welfare as the major issues facing modern policing, echoing the Federation’s work in these areas.
The Freedom of Information Act is fundamental to our system of accountability. It’s vital we close this legal loophole and ensure it applies to the contractors who run our services, writes Andy Slaughter
The culture that has been allowed to seep into the fabric of many of our public institutions should shame us all. Putting it right will take more than warm words, writes Lord Bassam
It’s vital a long term and sustainable plan is put in place to deal with the root causes of serious violence – and set young people on a path free from crime, writes Baroness Manzoor
The secretary of the Police Federation’s National Detective Forum Karen Stephens has warned a new direct entry scheme is not the answer to the crisis facing detective policing.
After a year marked by the injustices of Windrush and Grenfell, David Lammy does not see the Prime Minister’s promised vision of One Nation – rather an administration lacking in humanity and guilty of incompetence. He tells Kevin Schofield why it’s time to call out the ‘pernicious’ attitudes which contributed to catastrophe
This tragedy forces us to reflect on the nature of our society and our ability to connect with people across the community, writes Kwasi Kwarteng