The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sent its final recommendations to the government on the restriction proposals for lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales. This is the culmination of a consultation launched in 2022, which has run alongside the voluntary transition away from lead first proposed by nine leading rural organisations, including BASC,… Read more »
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The government has launched an inquiry investigating how a memory stick containing access details for a government information website was misplaced. A stick containing usernames and passwords for Gateway, which provides numerous government services such as tax returns and pension information, was found in the car park of a pub and handed to the Mail… Read more »
Gordon Brown is in talks with business leaders in the Middle East as he continues to encourage oil-rich states in the region to contribute further to global financial stability. The prime minister is travelling with business secretary Lord Mandelson, climate change secretary Ed Miliband and a delegation of senior UK businessmen on the four-day trip…. Read more »
