MP: Leaseholders should not be liable to fix problems not of their making This afternoon the House of Commons voted on amendments to the Fire Safety Bill, which included an amendment by the Bishop of St Albans which would have ensured that leaseholders were not liable for the costs of remedial works to their...
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MP: Local schools eligible for their share The annual allocations provided to maintain school buildings will increase by over 20% this financial year to £1.8 billion, on top of the one-off funding injection of £560 million announced by the Prime Minister last year. Every school in England will be access a share of the...
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MP concerned at possible effects on arms-length bodies Due to the financial pressures of the coronavirus pandemic, the Government has announced its decision to temporarily cut ODA (international aid) spending from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5%. During an Urgent Question today in the Commons into ODA spending reductions, John Baron MP asked, “The Minister...
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MP: Efforts against Covid-19 are global At the weekend the Government announced the UK is sending lifesaving medical equipment to India where the covid-19 situation has taken a tragic turn with severe shortages of oxygen. The UK is sending shipments of over 600 oxygen concentrators and ventilators, with the first shipment arriving tomorrow, and...
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MP: It is right the Commission apologises for historic inequality Following the publication of the Special Committee Report on Historical Inequalities, in the House of Commons today the Secretary of State for Defence will apologise for the unequal treatment of predominately black and Asian soldiers who died fighting for the British in the First...
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MP says Britain’s reputation must be upheld Today the Overseas Operations Bill returns to the Commons following its passage through the Lords. The Bill contains measures to help prevent the legal pursuit of British troops when no new evidence has come to light by introducing a new five-year limit on the time in which...
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