July 5, 2022
We now have the UK Government Work and Pensions (W&P) Committee report into the Health and Safety Executive’s approach to asbestos management. Both of these publications have the potential to improve asbestos management and reduce accidental exposure today and in the future. Read More
May 10, 2022
The Government must commit to a strategy to remove all asbestos from public and commercial buildings within 40 years, MPs have said, with the risk to health only likely to increase as buildings are adapted with the move to net zero. Read More
March 16, 2022
Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey has deposited a treaty tackling workplace violence, completing the ratification process for the UK. Read More
July 22, 2021
The Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry into how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings. Read More
July 22, 2019
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a public consultation on a range of measures to reduce ill Read More
November 21, 2017
Sarah Newton, Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth since May 2010, has been appointed as the new health and safety minister following Penny Mordaunt’s move as part of a recent government reshuffle. Read More
October 26, 2017
A new report published this week by the Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health, stresses that ‘the Read More
July 22, 2016
Penny Mordaunt MP has been appointed as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work with responsibility for oversight Read More
April 5, 2016
The HSE’s Business Plan for 2016/17 shows that HSE funding received from central government will be over £100 million less in 2019/20 than it was in 2009/10, bringing the total reduction since 2009/10 to 46%. Read More
March 27, 2015
The final report on the implementation of health and safety reforms has been published by the Department of Work and Read More