Joint statement by President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Estonia Jüri Ratas, President of BusinessEurope Emma Marcegaglia and General-Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation Luca Visentini This Autumn … read more
Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding after the House of Commons unanimously approved Labour’s Opposition Day motion calling for a pause to Universal Credit Full Service said:
“It is welcome that the House of Commons has supported Labour’s call for a pause to Universal Credit. As I called for immediately following the vote, the Government must now act on the clear instruction of Parliament, by bringing forward plans to pause and fix Universal Credit Full Service, before millions are pushed closer to poverty.
“MPs from all parties recognised that, while it is positive that the Government has listened to Labour on the high cost of its helplines, this doesn’t go far enough.
“There remain very serious issues with the Government’s flagship programme, not least the six week wait for payment following a claim. These are driving debt, arrears and even evictions.”
read moreResource development relies on geoscience data (‘geodata’). In Africa, access to useful geodata is often slow, expensive and unreliable. This discourages potential investors and leads to a slow rate of development. A pilot project is proposed in Uganda to create a Geoscience Data Portal to make ‘geodata’ freely available and stimulate economic development. read more
Nationally England, Wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. Go to Source Author: read more
The comments from the Secretary of State regarding the current state of the talks process in Northern Ireland is deeply troubling. There are very real consequences for the people of Northern Ireland with the continuing stalemate – budgetary decisions are … read more