Alex Ballinger and 89 colleagues have written to the Chancellor asking for a new higher rate at the Budget on 28 October, with pubs and bingo games protected. Betting and arcade trade bodies say a rise on the scale modelled by the Social Market Foundation would close venues and cost thousands of jobs.
The money will fund 14 schemes, including urgent treatment centres, same day emergency care, new ambulance fleets and emergency department upgrades. A further 25 new or expanded urgent care sites, announced in April, are set to be ready for winter.
Cian Stacey, 21, and Jessica Dalton, 31, each face one count of criminal damage and two counts of assault causing serious harm after the fire that killed Kim English, her husband and their sons Callum and Jayden. Both will appear before Waterford District Court on Tuesday.
The UK Active Debris Removal mission will launch a refuellable spacecraft from SaxaVord Spaceport in 2029 to capture two dead satellites and lower them to burn up in the atmosphere. ClearSpace UK is the industry delivery partner, and the public will be invited to name the spacecraft.
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Sir John Kingman starts immediately, shaping the new publicly owned railway while the Railways Bill continues through Parliament. The Government says the headquarters site at Becketwell in Derby will bring hundreds of jobs and an estimated £151 million boost to the regional economy.
Alex Ballinger and 89 colleagues have written to the Chancellor asking for a new higher rate at the Budget on 28 October, with pubs and bingo games protected. Betting and arcade trade bodies say a rise on the scale modelled by the Social Market Foundation would close venues and cost thousands of jobs.
The money will fund 14 schemes, including urgent treatment centres, same day emergency care, new ambulance fleets and emergency department upgrades. A further 25 new or expanded urgent care sites, announced in April, are set to be ready for winter.
The Culture Secretary told Parliament she has potential concerns about news plurality and the breadth of control in the media, and is considering a new public interest ground covering on-demand programming that would need legislation. Sky and ITV have until 20 October to respond.
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