Landowners and farmers from two carefully-selected areas are now able to apply for licences to pilot new measures designed to tackle the devastating impact of bovine TB, Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has confirmed
The Royal College of Nursing today (19 January) moved to oppose the Health and Social Care Bill in England, arguing that serious concerns expressed by members have not been addressed during the parliamentary process, listening exercise or political engagement
Commenting on todays UK unemployment figures - showing a rise of 118,000 to 2.68m in the three months to November - UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said
The continuing rise in the unemployment figures, announced today (Wednesday 18 January), was laid firmly at the door of the coalition’s ‘dead end’ economic policies by Unite, the largest union in the country
Unnecessary and hugely expensive renewable energy policies will cost the average household in Britain a total of £400 a year by 2020 – the equivalent to 2.5p on VAT – according to a new report by leading think tank, Policy Exchange
A ground breaking project to ensure the UK is well positioned for the commercial roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles has been launched, Business Minister Mark Prisk announced today
The unemployment rate was 8.4 per cent, up 0.3 on the previous quarter. There were 2.68 million unemployed people, the highest since 1994 and up 118,000 on the quarter
The law on joint enterprise is so confusing for juries and courts alike that legislation is needed to ensure justice for both victims and defendants and end the high number of cases reaching the Court of Appeal, MPs on the Justice Committee have warned in a new report
A host of new powers to put communities back in charge of their own affairs has become a reality as the Coalition Government's localism agenda takes another major step forward
Housing Minister Grant Shapps and Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today called on councils to use every opportunity under the New Deal for Older People to give elderly people more choice and control over where they live, so they are not pressured to sell their home or move into residential care
New figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that small businesses will look to shed staff in the first three months of 2012, as it warns that the Government needs to be bolder in its changes to existing employment law to incentivise employment
The Eurozone is in a "very grave state of affairs", Mario Draghi told Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Monday, in his first visit as head of the European Systemic Risk Board
A total of £177 million is being invested in regeneration across the capital, boosting local high streets, delivering growth and new jobs and improving lives, the Mayor of London has announced. Boris Johnson also revealed the town centre projects set to benefit from the latest round of funding from two regeneration funds
The Commons Public Accounts Committee publishes its 63rd Report of the Session, on the basis on evidence from the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Citizens Advice, Which?, and EDF Energy.
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