Securing the Future PortalHealth and Social Care PortalEfficiency and Productivity Portal

British Gas has announced a 5% cut in its electricity prices with immediate effect.The move comes a day after EDF Energy announced plans to cut its gas tariff by the same percentage owing to low energy use during the mild winter

MPs have called on the insurance industry to abandon sharp practices in the management of car accident claims to curb the runaway cost of motor insurance premiums. The cross party Transport Committee has also called for the Government to impose a higher threshold for the payment of any compensation in whiplash cases

Education Secretary Michael Gove today announced he was scrapping the existing ICT curriculum.In its place, he will introduce new courses of study in Computer Science

 

Other news

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today made proposals to help ensure tenancy cheats who deny social homes to families in need will face justice

 

The Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, today announced a series of steps to respond to recent concerns regarding French Poly Implant Prostheses (PiP) implants

 

Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said in response to research by consumer group Which? showing the six major energy suppliers received over four million complaints in 2011

 

Four million complaints were received last year by the ‘big six’ energy companies – British Gas, EDF Energy, Eon, Npower, SSE and Scottish Power - and tens of thousands were still unresolved after eight weeks, according to a new Which? investigation

 

Chris Bryant MP, Labour's Shadow Immigration Minister, commenting on the NIESR and MAC reports on immigration yesterday, said

 

Many hospitals are spending as little as £2.57 on meals for patients, according to new figures released by the NHS Information Centre

 

Council tenants who sub-let their homes will face up to two years in prison under proposals by the government

 

For the first time, NIESR researchers use National Insurance registrations by foreign nationals to analyse the impact of immigration on the UK labour market. Results indicate that - even during the recent recession - increased immigration was not associated with increases in claims for Jobseekers Allowance

 

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is warning taxpayers not to fall victim to ‘phishing’ emails sent out by fraudsters in the run-up to the self-assessment deadline of 31 January

 

The government’s decision to plough ahead with its High Speed rail plans is set to be a £32bn disaster. A recently-released report by the Institute of Economic Affairs found that

 

The NHS Future Forum has given its second set of reports to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in which it sets out a series of recommendations to improve the quality of patient care and achieve better outcomes

 

The British Chambers of Commerce’s new Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) released today (Tuesday) shows concerning results for Q4 2011, and points to a period of stagnation in early 2012

 

The government’s latest proposals to cut local government pensions were rejected by Unite, Britain's biggest union, today (Monday,  9 January)

 

The country’s first ever National Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre of Excellence will be developed after £30 million funding was announced today by the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley

 
News Archive
Page 6 of 262

Interviews

The Govtoday Debate

Stefaan Vergote, Head of Unit, Strategy and Economic Assessment, European Commission
Banner
Banner
Banner
Banner
Banner

FORTHCOMING EVENTS / POST-EVENT DEBATES

Banner
Banner
Banner

GovToday Limited Peter House Oxford Street Manchester M1 5AN

Copyright © 2012 Govtoday. All Rights Reserved.