Here’s some of the things the Government has done this week:
Saturday 10th February
- Nick Hurd launched a trail of new mobile fingerprinting technology which will allow frontline officers across the country to use their smartphones to identify people in less than a minute – saving police time and reducing costs.
Find out more here.
The Daily Mail covered this story.
Sunday 11th February
- Michael Gove announced that overseas sales of UK food and drink continued to soar last year, with record exports of over £22 billion in 2017.
Find out more here.
Monday 12th February
- Nick Gibb announced that aspiring teachers across the country are set to benefit from a number of changes designed to allow them to begin training, and make a difference in the classroom, more quickly.
Find out more here.
- Greg Clark set out further steps to tackle fuel poverty, consulting on new powers to make it easier for consumers to be protected from unfair energy bills.
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The Sun reported on this story.
Tuesday 13th February
- Amber Rudd announced the development of new technology to automatically detect and help fight terrorist content on online platforms.
Find out more here.
Wednesday 14th February
- Boris Johnson set out the path for an outward-facing, liberal and global Britain following the UK’s exit from the EU.
You can watch his full speech here.
- Nick Gibb announced that a select number of schools across the country will start trialling a multiplication tables check to ensure children in primary school know their times tables up to 12 off by heart.
Thursday 15th February
- Jeremy Hunt set out the next steps in introducing a new cap on the amount of costs that lawyers can recover in clinical negligence cases, as the NHS intensifies its clampdown on spiraling clinical negligence costs.
Find out more here.
The Times reported on this story.
- David Gauke welcomed new figures which showed that almost 2,000 prison officers have been recruited since the launch of a campaign to bring in 2,500 additional officers by the end of this year.
Find out more here.
Friday 16th February
- Jo Johnson announced that long traffic jams caused by roadworks could be a thing of the past as a scheme which has already significantly reduced delays in Kent and London is rolled out nationwide.
Find out more here.
- Dominic Raab announced a £45 million package to support building up to 7,280 homes on council-owned land.
You can read Mr Heappey's comments on Mendip's share of the money here.