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As British Steel costs top half a billion pounds, PAC asks govt: What’s the plan?

Decisions about many aspects of the future of publicly-owned British Steel remain unresolved. In a new report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns that the government has not yet set out a credible plan for how the company, on which £1.3m/day of taxpayers’ money continues to be spent, will become financially sustainable.

17 September 2026

Government delays action on key financial inclusion recommendations until 2027

The Treasury Committee has published the response to its report into the government’s Financial Inclusion Strategy.

17 September 2026

Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales: Welsh Affairs Committee publishes government response

The Welsh Affairs Committee has published the UK Government’s response to its report ‘Jagged Justice: Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales’.

17 September 2026

Government ‘cutting corners’ on international climate finance commitments as El Niño approaches

The UK Government should be doing more to deliver on its commitments to provide climate finance for some of the world’s poorest countries, the International Development Committee has found.

16 September 2026

DCMS Committee announces fresh State of Play sessions on press freedom, football and culture

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee will continue its successful State of Play inquiry with a new round of evidence sessions

16 September 2026

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Who should bear cost of a fairer pension system? MPs launch inquiry into auto-enrolment

The cross-party Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry examining how pension auto-enrolment could be reformed to help ensure a fair employer and employee contributions to secure a decent retirement income for low earners.

16 September 2026

The House of Commons rises for conference recess

The House of Commons has risen for conference recess and is next due to sit on Monday 12 October 2026

15 September 2026

New inquiry: Work-based immigration

The Home Affairs Committee has announced a new inquiry to examine work-based immigration.

15 September 2026

MPs write to Secretary of State for Wales to call for testing in areas of contaminated land

The Welsh Affairs Committee has written to the Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon Stephen Kinnock MP, to call for urgent action to test former industrial sites and those living nearby for the potential harmful effects of contaminated land.

15 September 2026

Purpose, policy, pounds and pressures: Committee chairs to review core tasks of select committees

What is the prime purpose of select committees?

15 September 2026

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