by Chris Rogers | 9 Jan 2014 | Economy
The Bank of England has given no further guidance on when it might raise interest rates, after deciding to keep them on hold at 0.5% once again. There had been speculation that the Bank might have to refine its threshold for increasing rates. The Bank also made no...
by Chris Rogers | 9 Jan 2014 | Data
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has announced that from next year all individual driving records will be put online. It is believed that moving all driving records online could reduce the cost of car insurance. The migration, which will be complete by mid-2015,...
by Chris Rogers | 9 Jan 2014 | Economy
Communities that host successful fracking sites will be given a bigger slice of the proceeds under a plan being considered by the Government. The Government is looking into increasing a local community’s share of the revenue from 1% to up to 4%, although...
by Chris Rogers | 9 Jan 2014 | Planning
Nadim Zahami, Conservative MP and member of the Number 10 Policy Board, has called on the Planning Minister Nick Boles to reform the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to stop “intense attacks” on the countryside. Zahawi noted that the NPPF’s “presumption for...
by Chris Rogers | 9 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Schools in England which opted to become academies have improved more quickly than those staying as local authority schools, according to a Department for Education (DfE) analysis of Ofsted inspections. Convertor academies account for more than two-thirds of the 3,613...
