Jun 1, 2021 | Government Announcements
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng have called on millions of small businesses across the UK to take "small, practical" steps to cut their emissions as part of the UK's journey to net zero by 2050. Together they launched the...
May 28, 2021 | Government Announcements
The Government and Association of British Insurers (ABI) announced on 26 May that the tax credit reinsurance (TCR) scheme will close on 30 June 2021 as planned. The scheme was designed as a temporary fix for companies struggling to get insurance cover for transactions...
May 18, 2021 | Government Announcements
Ministers at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) affirmed yesterday in Parliament that they would reduce the amount paid in universal credit in the coming months. Asked by the SNP's Hannah Bardell "to do the decent thing" and make the £20 a week increase in...
May 12, 2021 | Government Announcements
The Queen set out the Government's plan for the state opening of Parliament before the House of Lords in her annual speech yesterday. The speech set out that the "Government's priority is to deliver a national recovery from the pandemic" that makes the UK "more...
May 10, 2021 | Government Announcements
UK cyber experts have overseen a fifteen-fold increase in the number of scams removed from the internet, a new report reveals. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, said it took down more scams this year than the previous three years combined. The...