A National Audit Office (NAO) report is calling on the Government to urgently review their use of sanctions and how they affect people who currently need support from benefits. 

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is not doing enough to find out how sanctions affect people on benefits, according to today’s report from the National Audit Office.

The Federation of Master Builders comments on London Mayor Sadiq Khan's new planning rules. 

The Charities Aid Foundation writes for PoliticsHome to encourage people to get involved with #GivingTuesday.

Ahead of her debate on the subject, Labour MP Carolyn Harris describes her own experience and calls for local authority fees to be dropped for children’s funerals.

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended an informal reception at the Guards Museum hosted by Veterans Aid. 

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned of the effects of some of the policies announced in the Autumn Statement.

A new Library and Historical Archive to preserve swimming history for future generations has been officially opened today (18 November) by Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan. 

The PSHE Association warmly welcomes the British Youth Council Youth Select Committee's report on ‘racism and religious discrimination’, launched yesterday.  The report’s recommendations include making PSHE education a statutory subject on the school curriculum.

The Building Societies Association responds to the Redfern Review. 

The National Federation of Builders responds to yesterday's home building figures, saying that Housing Minister Gavin Barwell's 'jubilation' is misplaced. 

The rise in house building completions is helping to tackle the housing crisis, but more work needs to be done if the Government is to hit its one million new homes target, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

ETI has launched this report on housing retrofits at a joint event with the Energy Systems Catapult in London.

Uncertainty over the reduction of the benefit cap is growing, evidenced by the thousands of people seeking answers online, says the charity Turn2us. 

New figures from the Campaign to Protect Rural England show big increase in brownfield sites available for housing.

Police Federation of England and Wales response to the Middlesex University London report, Enhancing Police and Industry Practice: EU Child Online Safety Project.

A new report by Save the Children highlights a shortage of 10,000 trained nursery teachers up and down the country, leading to calls for the government to invest urgently in the sector.

Single crewing, increased violence and slow response times is the reality of policing at night.

Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey condemns ‘six years of failure on housing’ under Conservative Ministers which has led directly to so many ‘children that cannot go home’.

Employees from Coca-Cola European Partners participate in third Unified Sports® tournament in Morpeth.

Protecting all libraries at all costs could be holding the sector back.

Following the Government's announcement that it plans to launch a review of gaming machines and social responsibility requirements across the gambling industry, the Association of British Bookmakers issued the following statement:

Consumer demand for building work remained resilient in the three months following the vote for Brexit, new figures from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have revealed.