The Prime Minister has announced a new drive to improve workplace equality. Theresa May urged more companies to report their gender pay gap – and take action to close it. Continue reading Prime Minister announces new drive to end the gender pay gap
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DWP to clamp down on child maintenance cheats
New powers to stop parents avoiding paying child maintenance that they owe have been announced by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). Continue reading DWP to clamp down on child maintenance cheats
UK Government Ministers host Poppyscotland launch
UK Government ministers hosted the launch of this year’s appeal, encouraging everyone to use their old ‘round pounds’ to purchase their poppy. Although the deadline for the old ‘round pound’ coin passed on 15 October, they can still be banked or donated to charity, with Poppyscotland happily accepting donations. Continue reading UK Government Ministers host Poppyscotland launch
Call for international action to end Raqqa “death sentence”
UK aid provides lifeline to defenceless and wounded Syrians to help them return to a liberated Raqqa
The International Development Secretary Priti Patel has called for urgent international action to end the “death sentence” that innocent people of Raqqa city still face from explosive booby-traps and wounds inflicted by war. Continue reading Call for international action to end Raqqa “death sentence”
Brock to lambast UK Government for “shameful” failure on disability rights
Local MP Deidre Brock will today (Thursday) demand urgent action from the UK Government to tackle their ‘shameful’ failures on disabled rights. Continue reading Brock to lambast UK Government for “shameful” failure on disability rights
Burma crisis appeal: UK Government pledges to double public donations
The UK Government has today pledged extra help for the victims of the Burmese military’s atrocities by doubling donations made by the British public to the cause. Continue reading Burma crisis appeal: UK Government pledges to double public donations
Monarch collapse: UK Government launches international repatriation plan
The UK government has launched an unprecedented repatriation effort to return 110,000 passengers affected by the failure of Monarch. Continue reading Monarch collapse: UK Government launches international repatriation plan
More UK aid to Caribbean
Patel calls for end to violence in Burma as more aid is sent to support stricken Rohingyas
International Development Secretary Priti Patel has repeated calls for an end to the violence in Burma (Myanmar) which has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes to seek safety in neighbouring Bangladesh. Recognising the ‘unprecedented scale’ of the crisis in Bangladesh and Burma, Britain is providing an additional £25 million to meet the urgent needs in both countries of those affected by the violence. Continue reading Patel calls for end to violence in Burma as more aid is sent to support stricken Rohingyas
Hurricane Irma: UK aid reaching stricken communities
UK continues to urgently deliver vital aid to the victims of Hurricane Irma
Shelter kits provided by UK aid are being distributed in Anguilla to help those left homeless by Hurricane Irma. The kits, transported by Britain’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Mounts Bay, are being delivered to people in need by the Anguillan Red Cross. Continue reading Hurricane Irma: UK aid reaching stricken communities