Extensive programme of energy saving advice

12th April 2024

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today announced the re-appointment of Martin Weale as an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Universities in the UK and China have announced a series of new partnerships, expanding the opportunities for students to learn overseas. Quite frankly, there are just too many people. Working mums and dads today learn how the new system of shared parental leave will work for them and their employers, in an announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mr Hugo Swire said: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will today publish the Triennial Review of the British Council. Religious and community leaders united to discuss a joint declaration condemning the unacceptable practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Business Minister Michael Fallon today invited businesses to help shape government plans for potential legislation to make regulators appeals and complaints processes more responsive to their needs. The UKs creative industries will benefit from tax reliefs that are among the most generous in the world, under Government plans announced today. Householders up and down the country are set to benefit from an extensive programme of energy saving advice, thanks to further Government funding made available through the Big Energy Saving Network. The Government has today launched a formal consultation on a new general anti-abuse rule (GAAR) to tackle artificial and abusive tax avoidance schemes. Today, the Government announced the appointment of Dame Clara Furse, Donald Kohn, Richard Sharp and Martin Taylor as external members of the Financial Policy Committee (FPC).

Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock has today (24 March 2014) announced the appointment of David Meller as the new Chair of the National Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network. Thank you for that introduction and for inviting me to speak. I am today publishing a White Paper on implementing geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste. The British Geological Surveys report of the resources in the Midland Valley, Scotland, suggests a modest amount of gas and oil in place. The Government and industry’s strategy for building greener and more efficient car engines took a major step forward today with the appointment of two key figures in the auto sector.

The alcohol industry has responded to the governments challenge to take action to tackle the 21 billion a year cost of drink-related harm. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: I warmly congratulate Joko Widodo on his Presidential election victory as announced by the Indonesian National Electoral Commission. Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement at Downing Street following the death of Lady Thatcher:“Margaret Thatcher didnt just lead our country; she saved our country. Nine projects have been awarded 660,000 from the Intellectual Property Office to help businesses take their innovative ideas off the drawing board and into the marketplace. Defra has permitted the on-farm burial or burning of carcases for farmers affected by the bad weather.