MPs debate Comprehensive Spending Review

28 October 2010 Opening a debate on the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, assured MPs that in charting the course for the next four years, the Government had chosen the right priorities of growth, fairness and...

Select Committee Personnel Update

29 October 2010 MPs that have recently acquired a Ministerial or Secretary position have been discharged from Select Committees due to a Parliamentary mandate, which states they cannot serve both roles. With the Labour Party having now selected its Shadow Cabinet and...

Publication of the National Infrastructure Plan

25 October 2010 The Prime Minister today announced the publication of the UK’s first ever National Infrastructure Plan (NIP), identifying the scale of the infrastructure challenge and the major economic investment that is needed to underpin sustainable growth in...

Heathrow Airport to introduce new airline charges

31 October 2010 Heathrow Airport is to overhaul its airline charges to penalise carriers flying older aircraft with empty seats in an effort to attract business from Paris and Frankfurt airports. Airport operator BAA Ltd will put up the minimum departure fee airlines...