Economy and finance
Economy and finance news from UK Parliament.
Education Committee announces session on higher education funding
Education Committee Chair Helen Hayes MP has today announced a deep dive evidence session examining funding issues in the higher education sector.
14 March 2025
Prisons crisis: As justice system faces total gridlock in 2026, PAC calls for rapid action
Failed efforts to increase prison capacity results in endemic overcrowding amid safety risks, increasing violence and hampered rehabilitation efforts
14 March 2025
SITC Chair writes to Google and OpenAI on issue of AI and copyright
Chi Onwurah, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, has written to Google and OpenAI requesting information on their response to the government’s consultation on AI and copyright.
13 March 2025
New Prudential Regulation Committee members approved by MPs
The Treasury Committee has published its reports on the appointments of Andrea Enria and David Soanes to the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Committee (PRC)
12 March 2025
Government shares further detail on Office for Value for Money following Committee report
The Government has published a series of new documents on the Office for Value for Money (OVfM) which address issues raised by the Committee in its report earlier this year
11 March 2025
What are the challenges for innovators in accessing science infrastructure and finance?
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will question experts in the second session of its inquiry into Innovation, growth and the regions.
10 March 2025
Disadvantaged pupils risk losing out as their funding increasingly used to plug budget gaps
PAC calls on Govt to consider other measures and data alongside academic attainment
07 March 2025
More than one month’s worth of IT failures at major banks and building societies in the last two years
At least 158 banking IT failure incidents affected millions of customers’ ability to access and use services between January 2023 and February 2025
06 March 2025
Crown Estate Bill completes passage through Parliament
Members consider final changes on territorial seabed, salmon farms and public funds as bill set to become law. Catch up
05 March 2025
Call for evidence launched into remote and hybrid working in the UK
Home-based Working Committee launch call for evidence
05 March 2025
Lords 'tidies up' National Insurance bill
Members discuss NI legislation at third reading. Find out more
05 March 2025
BBC World Service a “vital antidote” to foreign malign actors
The Foreign Affairs Committee is today publishing correspondence between the Committee and the BBC.
04 March 2025
Department of Health and Social Care spending to be debated in House of Commons main chamber
MPs from PAC and the Health and Social Care Committee, along with Members from across the House of Commons, will debate the spending of the Department of Health and Social Care
28 February 2025
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill concludes Lords committee stage
Line by line scrutiny wraps up with consideration of the new law's impact on businesses, schools and military families. Catch up
28 February 2025
Where now for HS2?: PAC urges Govt to set out what benefit can be salvaged for taxpayer
Scepticism persists over Govt’s ability to successfully deliver programme following litany of failures and unheeded warnings
28 February 2025