LONDON, Oct. 9 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Hull and East Yorkshire has taken a major step towards getting more homes built and bringing underused land back into use through a new long-term partnership with Homes England. Mayor Luke Campbell MBE and Pat Ritchie CBE, Chair of Homes England, signed the agreement at Hull Guildhall, marking the start of a long-term approach to bringing forward housing and regeneration priorities across the region. The Strateg...
LONDON, Oct. 9 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Government sets out move towards earlier, needs-led support for children, young people and adults, without long waits for clinical diagnosis * Early support will keep young people in school, enable them to join the workforce and continue playing a full part in their local communities * Response to Fonagy review will also see strengthening of regulation around attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADH...
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. 8 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * UK and Germany commit to deeper cooperation on tackling cyber-attacks, sabotage and other hybrid threats. * Prime Minister Andy Burnham travels to Berlin today agreeing cooperation with Germany on regional growth, innovationand security. Prime Minister Andy Burnham will travel to Berlin today for talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as the UK and Germany work together on technologies and industries that will d...