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Yvette Cooper Calls Government A “Chaotic Mess” Over Delay In Demanding A Negative Covid Test At The UK Border
Yvette Cooper Calls Government A “Chaotic Mess” Over Delay In Demanding A Negative Covid Test At The UK Border
Coronavirus
Yvette Cooper has said that hold-ups on the requirement for a negative Covid test before being admitted into the UK shows the government has “never had a proper effective system in place.”
People Will Now Need A Negative Covid Test To Enter The UK After Huge Criticism Over Travel Rules
Coronavirus
People Will Now Need A Negative Covid Test To Enter The UK After Huge Criticism Over Travel Rules
Priti Patel Slipped Out That There Are 10 Times More Lorries Stuck In Kent Than The Government Claimed
Coronavirus
Priti Patel Slipped Out That There Are 10 Times More Lorries Stuck In Kent Than The Government Claimed
Hauliers Say Today's Lorry Jams In Kent Could Be Common Once Brexit Kicks In
Coronavirus
Hauliers Say Today's Lorry Jams In Kent Could Be Common Once Brexit Kicks In
Rail Passengers Will Get Full Refunds For Christmas Train Journeys Cancelled By Tier 4 Restrictions, Grant Shapps Confirms
Coronavirus
Rail Passengers Will Get Full Refunds For Christmas Train Journeys Cancelled By Tier 4 Restrictions, Grant Shapps Confirms
Boris Johnson Calls An Emergency Cobra Meeting After Europe Cuts The UK Off Over New Covid Strain
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson Calls An Emergency Cobra Meeting After Europe Cuts The UK Off Over New Covid Strain
UK Travellers Could Be Barred From Entering The EU Post-Brexit Due to Covid – Even If A Deal Is Struck
Coronavirus
UK Travellers Could Be Barred From Entering The EU Post-Brexit Due to Covid – Even If A Deal Is Struck
The House Live
For too long it has been ‘jam tomorrow’ for infrastructure upgrades in rural Britain
Communities
By Neil Parish MP
For too long it has been ‘jam tomorrow’ for infrastructure upgrades in rural Britain
Rural areas need a levelling-up agenda that recognises the difference between villages, towns and cities
Communities
By Rosie Cooper MP
Rural areas need a levelling-up agenda that recognises the difference between villages, towns and cities
If government is serious about levelling up, it must commit to building the Eastern Leg of HS2
Transport
By Lilian Greenwood MP
If government is serious about levelling up, it must commit to building the Eastern Leg of HS2
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Conservative MP Kelly Tolhurst Has Resigned As Housing Minister Following “Devastating” Family News
Conservative MP Kelly Tolhurst Has Resigned As Housing Minister Following “Devastating” Family News
Political parties
Farmers of Tomorrow: George Eustice has radical plans for British Agriculture in 2021
Farmers of Tomorrow: George Eustice has radical plans for British Agriculture in 2021
By Kate Proctor
Environment
Dominic Raab Says Coronavirus Vaccines Will Be Offered To Every UK Adult By September
Dominic Raab Says Coronavirus Vaccines Will Be Offered To Every UK Adult By September
Coronavirus
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The Breakfast Briefing: U-turn if you absolutely have to, PLUS Priti Patel’s Covid quarantine plan
Coronavirus
The Breakfast Briefing: U-turn if you absolutely have to, PLUS Priti Patel’s Covid quarantine plan
Your essential morning guide to what’s moving in Westminster from the PoliticsHome team
Transport news
Coronavirus
By Railway Industry Association
Railway industry responds to Prime Minister’s recovery plan speech
Today the Prime Minister announced his plans to speed up infrastructure investment to ensure an economic recovery following the Coronavirus outbreak.
Transport
By Transport Focus
England's best motorway service operators named
Extra and Westmorland have been rated England’s best motorway service operators by visitors in the independent transport user watchdog’s latest survey.
Coronavirus: Grant Shapps confirms ‘air corridors' so Brits can holiday abroad without 14-day quarantine
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Grant Shapps confirms ‘air corridors' so Brits can holiday abroad without 14-day quarantine
Brits will be able to go on holiday abroad this summer after Grant Shapps confirmed the creation of “air corridors” to avoid the 14-day coronavirus quarantine period.
Coronavirus
By Railway Industry Association
Rail industry sets out criteria for recovery plan ahead of Government announcement
With the Government set to announce new spending plans on Tuesday 30 June, Darren Caplan, Chief Executive of the Railway Industry Association (RIA), has commented: “The Railway Industry Association and our members welcome all investment in the UK rail network, with rail clearly set to be one of the economic sectors which can support the jobs and GVA needed to drive the recovery.
Coronavirus
By Railway Industry Association
Rail industry sets out criteria for recovery plan ahead of Government announcement
With the Government set to announce new spending plans on Tuesday 30 June, Darren Caplan, Chief Executive of the Railway Industry Association (RIA), has commented: “The Railway Industry Association and our members welcome all investment in the UK rail network, with rail clearly set to be one of the economic sectors which can support the jobs and GVA needed to drive the recovery.
Coronavirus: Government to rip up quarantine rules for some returning Brits in move that will pave way for holidays
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Government to rip up quarantine rules for some returning Brits in move that will pave way for holidays
Ministers are set to give the go-ahead to holidays to France, Greece and Spain under a new government “traffic-light” system that will replace quarantine requirements for a string of destinations.
Transport
By Railway Industry Association
Rail industry responds to East Coast Mainline digital railway announcement
Today the Government has announced £350 million for digital signalling on the East Coast Mainline.
Sadiq Khan urges Boris Johnson to make face coverings mandatory in all shops
Coronavirus
Sadiq Khan urges Boris Johnson to make face coverings mandatory in all shops
Sadiq Khan has called on Boris Johnson to make face coverings mandatory in all shops and enclosed public spaces.
Exclusive: Former Navy chief calls on UK to create 'safe corridors' to end 'humanitarian disaster' facing sailors
Coronavirus
By John Johnston
Exclusive: Former Navy chief calls on UK to create 'safe corridors' to end 'humanitarian disaster' facing sailors
The former head of the Royal Navy has urged ministers to create “safe corridors” to end the "humanitarian disaster" facing seafarers stranded across the globe.
Coronavirus
By Heathrow
Heathrow assists local fight against COVID-19
Thousands of face masks donated to local NHS teams to continue helping in the fight against COVID-19 and Heathrow continues to support local schools with donations of laptops to aid remote learning, digital resources and barriers to aid in students’ social distancing.
Keir Starmer warns thousands of jobs ‘on the line’ as Labour demands coronavirus rescue package for aviation sector
Coronavirus
Keir Starmer warns thousands of jobs ‘on the line’ as Labour demands coronavirus rescue package for aviation sector
The Government is being urged to stop a wave of redundancies in the aviation sector with a “robust” rescue package for firms hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Energy
By Railway Industry Association
Rail industry calls for green hydrogen and battery train order to spur post-Coronavirus economy
In its response to an All Party Parliamentary Group on Hydrogen’s inquiry, the Railway Industry Association, the trade body for UK rail suppliers, has called for investment in green hydrogen and battery trains as a way for the Government to spearheaded an environmentally-friendly economic recovery.
The 'fire and rehire' practices at British Airways are immoral and should be illegal
Coronavirus
By Gavin Newlands MP
The 'fire and rehire' practices at British Airways are immoral and should be illegal
Under the cover of the coronavirus crisis, BA have threatened to fire tens of thousands of their staff and rehire them on worse pay and conditions. This cannot be acceptable in the UK in 2020
Coronavirus
By Transport Focus
Face coverings mandatory on public transport in England as non-essential shops reopen on 15 June - independent watchdog comment
Passengers urgently need clear information from Government and operators.
Transport
By Railway Industry Association
Railway Industry Association and National Railway Museum launch ‘the Great Railway Quiz’ – with Sir Peter Hendy CBE
The National Railway Museum and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) have launched ‘the Great Railway Quiz’, a virtual evening of railway questions, with quiz master Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chairman of Network Rail.
Coronavirus
By Heathrow
Heathrow announces that employment levels no longer sustainable, as Government launches 14-day quarantine
Coronavirus
By Railway Industry Association
Rail industry welcomes reopening of TfL projects
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) supports Transport for London’s announcement that it is reopening rail projects in the capital.
It’s time to free our ports to unleash an economic resurgence in every part of the UK Partner content
Transport
By Port of Dover
It’s time to free our ports to unleash an economic resurgence in every part of the UK
Covid-19. Big crisis. Big impact. That’s why a big response is needed. We now have an opportunity to harness what makes our island nation great and set free our ports to lead an ambitious plan for economic recovery.
Coronavirus quarantine of all UK arrivals to begin as airlines mount legal action
Coronavirus
Coronavirus quarantine of all UK arrivals to begin as airlines mount legal action
The Government’s compulsory 14-day quarantine of all international arrivals to the UK is set to come into force on Monday — as airlines branded the measures “disproportionate and unfair”.
Coronavirus: Number 10 defends making masks compulsory on public transport but not in shops
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Number 10 defends making masks compulsory on public transport but not in shops
The Government has defended making it compulsory for Brits to wear masks on public transport in the coming weeks while not asking the same in shops.
Transport
By Railway Industry Association
Rail industry demonstrates to transport MP how it is rising to the coronavirus challenge
Yesterday, rail organisations showed their efforts in combating Coronavirus in a virtual site visit with influential Transport Select Committee member Chris Loder MP.
British Airways ‘spurns Priti Patel call’ amid row over 14-day coronavirus quarantine plans
Coronavirus
British Airways ‘spurns Priti Patel call’ amid row over 14-day coronavirus quarantine plans
British Airways has reportedly refused to join a call with Home Secretary Priti Patel amid an escalating row over the Government’s plan to quarantine all UK arrivals from next week.
Face coverings mandatory on public transport in England from 15 June, Grant Shapps announces
Coronavirus
Face coverings mandatory on public transport in England from 15 June, Grant Shapps announces
Grant Shapps has said face coverings will become mandatory for all people using public transport in England from 15 June.
Coronavirus: Theresa May accuses ministers of 'closing off Britain' from rest of the world with quarantine plans
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Theresa May accuses ministers of 'closing off Britain' from rest of the world with quarantine plans
Theresa May has warned the Government that its plan to ask all arrivals to the UK to self-isolate for 14 days will "close Britain off" from the rest of the world.
EventsAll
Bridging the Gap: Helping Patients Access New Medicines
2021
Free Webinar
Bridging the Gap: Helping Patients Access New Medicines
Overcoming Unconscious Bias: Fostering Conscious Inclusion at Work
2021
Online
Overcoming Unconscious Bias: Fostering Conscious Inclusion at Work
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service
2021
Online
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service
Green Recovery: The Built Environment
2021
Online Conference
Green Recovery: The Built Environment