Defence Secretary confirms £1.7bn investment in Scottish military bases – (Defence Secretary announces world class innovation panel ~ MoD: Submarines to support economic and community growth)
LGA echoes Education Committee in calling for councils to set up Multi-Academy Trusts ~ PC&PE: MPs concerned about performance of multi-academy trusts ~ IFS: FE and sixth forms to suffer from 30 years without additional funding
LGA responds to sex & relationship education announcement – (LGA responds to loneliness report)
HCFCE: Postgraduate and undergraduate student numbers at record highs
ScotGov: 82 new affordable homes for Govan – (ScotGov: £m A9 dualling contract ~ ScotGov: FM Reading Challenge extended)
Children’s Commissioner welcomes findings that 75% of people think impact of sexting & pornography should be taught in schools ~ Children’s Commissioner responds to reports about decriminalising viewing of indecent images of children ~ Children’s Commissioner submits report on disabled children to the United Nations)
Ofcom: BT’s landline-only customers set for cheaper bills
Electoral Commission: Latest figures published for political party donations and borrowing
Social Mobility Commission: Drop in poor children's progress at secondary school
EHRC: Changes to disability benefits: welfare system should support those in need
UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation: Holocaust memorial designs exhibition in Parliament
DVLA: 1 month to go until new vehicle tax rates come into force
RoSPA: New drivers will lose their licence after using their mobile phone just once
Arts Council England: Boost for ambitious arts activities across England
Ofgem reduces National Grid’s spending allowances for its transmission price controls – (Ofgem: Switches up by nearly 30% as millions go ‘energy shopping’ ~ Ofgem: Ofgem proposes lower payments for embedded generators to reduce costs for consumers ~ Ofgem: Energy complaints fall by a third in 2016)
ESRC: 3D printing is shaping new business models – (ESRC: UK aid & research funding is helping to transform lives in Bangladesh, MPs told)
Wales Audit Office commitment to diversity & equality receives external recognition
STFC: Stars regularly ripped apart by black holes in colliding galaxies – (STFC: Ultra-fast black hole winds run hot and cold ~ STFC: PPRP meeting - 21 April 2017)
NCFE: Time to protect learners from the FE loan scandal
Met Office: Mild February marks the end of a dry winter
Homeless Link: Inquiry into Universal Credit
TUC head to warn European politicians of threat to EU workers if Brexit allows undercutting – (TUC warns Trade Secretary to protect workers and the NHS from a bad trade deal with Trump ~ TUC: UK near the bottom of the global rankings for real wage growth ~ TUC backs MPs’ call for joint decision-making framework on industrial strategy ~ TUC: Women work for free for a fifth of the year ~ TUC: Government decision on NEST and pension products will leave pensioners at risk from scams ~ TUC sounds alarm over pension poverty for part-time workers)
FDA: Suspending open & fair competition in recruiting civil servants for Brexit is 'a worrying development'
Unite’s new ‘strategic case unit’ set to defend landmark trade union law appeal
Unicef: A deadly journey for children: The migration route from North Africa to Europe
WWF responds to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee's report The Price Of Power: Reforming The Electricity Market – (WWF reflects on the National Audit Office Review of the Thames Tideway Tunnel ~ WWF responds to the SMMT report on C02 emissions from vehicles ~ WWF calls on the UK Government to publish the 25 Year Environment Plan without further delay)
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