Last week (Friday 15 March) Lenny Henry announced during the live Comic Relief celebrations that UK aid will match £2 million of public donations to support mental health programmes across Sub-Saharan Africa. The news comes as UK aid and Comic Relief mark 10 years of
Maldives Government Cripples Opposition Weeks Ahead of Parliamentary Elections The Maldivian Political Parties Act requires that the Elections Commission; the body that oversees the maintenance and management of political parties in the island republic; should distribute 0.2 per cent of the State’s annual budget among
Its the 1st of March which means the London Power 100 list has been released, for those who are not familiar with the proceedings its the annual list of the most influential people in our beloved City. We have taken a look into 2019’s list
Home Secretary Sajid Javid will give police new powers to stop and search anyone suspected of carrying a corrosive substance in public. The move will enable police officers to effectively enforce a new offence of carrying corrosives in a public place, which is passing through
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced plans to invest an additional £7m of City Hall resources into a range of services and projects tackling rough sleeping in the capital. Building on the £8.5m from City Hall already funding pan-London rough sleeping services each
Building on commitments made in the government’s landmark Resources and Waste Strategy published in December, the consultations provide detail on plans to make packaging producers pay the full cost of dealing with their waste and to introduce a consistent set of materials collected across England from households for recycling, and
The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is asking people across Brent to comment on its draft proposals for new council ward boundaries. The Commission’s plans mean changes to ward boundaries across the borough. Only the current Kilburn ward would stay the same under
Local authorities across England will receive a share of £56.5 million to help support their preparations for Brexit, ministers announced today (28 January 2019). The Treasury announced in December that MHCLG would receive £35 million to prepare for Brexit. MHCLG has now added an extra
With just over a month to go until 2019’s London Power 100 list is released, we have taken an inside look into what we can expect from the annual list of the most influential individuals in London. UK Power 100 chiefs have confirmed that celebrated
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a new £38m fund for community-led housing, enabling Londoners to play a leading role in building new social rented and other genuinely affordable homes for local people. The number of small builders nationally who deliver fewer