U.K., Oct. 1 -- UK Parliament issued the following news: Chair of the Justice Committee and Labour MP Catherine Atkinson said: “The early release of prisoner cohorts from 1 October is regretfully a matter of necessity after more than a decade of policy failure to manage the estate’s long running capacity issues. "The safety and wellbeing of all victims impacted, as well as the wider public, must be paramount. “Serious questions remain over the pressures on probation and prison staff, the e...
U.K., Oct. 1 -- UK Parliament issued the following news: Read the letter The Treasury Committee Chair has written to JP Marks, Permanent Secretary of HMRC, about any tax implications of the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City Football Club Ltd. On Tuesday, the Premier League published a report which concludes that “well over 100 individual breaches of the Premier League Rules across the course of many seasons” have taken place. Dame Meg Hillier MP asks for reassurance that t...
U.K., Oct. 1 -- UK Parliament issued the following news: The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee is inviting farmers in England to share their experiences of applying for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). Take part in the survey The SFI had a budget of £233m for this application window, designed to pay farmers and land managers to undertake activities that will protect and benefit the environment, support food production and improve productivity. Defra explained that ...
U.K., Oct. 1 -- UK Parliament issued the following news: Ms Abena Oppong-Asare MP, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Select Committee, has welcomed the Prime Minister’s commitment to introducing the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill to Parliament by Christmas. Abena Oppong Asare MP, Housing Chair, also welcomed the announcement of plans for an independent regulator for property management agents, a key recommendation from the HCLG Committee’s pre-legislative repo...
U.K., Oct. 8 -- UK Parliament issued the following news: Ministers must demonstrate the plan to expand capacity in the magistrates’ court is deliverable and meets demand, the Justice Committee has warned, as it publishes the Government response to its legislative scrutiny report on the flagship court reforms. Read the Government response Further clarity is needed in relation to legal aid to address concerns that more Defendants face representing themselves. Ministers are also being asked to l...
U.K., Oct. 7 -- UK Parliament issued the following news: The Science and Technology Committee today launches an inquiry examining how digital technologies can be used to facilitate harms such as stalking, harassment, coercive control and non-consensual intimate image abuse. Inquiry: Technology-facilitated abuse Domestic abuse is, as we know, far too prevalent in the real world but it is also expanding into digital spaces and creating new ways that abuse can occur, with smart devices like Ring...
U.K., Oct. 6 -- UK Parliament issued the following news: The first apprentices to join the Speaker’s Apprenticeship Academy have successfully completed their two-year programme, marking an important milestone for the initiative. Established by the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Academy was created to widen access to careers in the House of Commons by providing early-career apprentices with structured training, mentoring and hands-on experience across Parliament. Every apprentice complete...
LONDON, Oct. 7 -- The Government of UK issued details related to the following business opportunity: Contracting Authority: East Sussex County Council Industry: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) Description: Vehicle type: Saloon Passenger Assistant Required: Yes Proposed Taxi Route: From: TN39 4SB To: TN21 9DB (Wednesday & Thursday) BN26 6TX (Friday) Frequency: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday only Daily School Time: 09:00 to 11:45 Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Comments for Operator: ASD, ...
LONDON, Oct. 7 -- The Government of UK issued details related to the following business opportunity: Contracting Authority: Billing Parish Council Industry: Street-lighting equipment Description: Billing Parish Council invites tenders for repair, refurbishment and replacement works to its street lighting network comprising 91 lighting assets, including standard steel columns, Victorian heritage columns, post-top lanterns and bracket-mounted lanterns. The works comprise repairs, refurbishment ...
LONDON, Oct. 7 -- The Government of UK issued details related to the following business opportunity: Contracting Authority: Ryde Town Council Industry: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services and Information technology services and Auditing services Description: Ryde Town Council invites quotations from suitably qualified organisations to carry out an independent audit of its compliance with data protection law, and to recommend the improvements nee...