The Information Commissioner welcomes the Commission’s proposal. There is no doubt that the EU’s legal framework for data protection needs modernising in the face of increasingly sophisticated in
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Too many consumers are being denied the right to access the information that companies or public bodies hold about them, Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said today.
Brussels - Following the 13 December 2011 agreement between the two branches of the budgetary authority (Council and Parliament), the Commission has adopted a draft amending budget to meet part of thi
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This new, rigorous study by MDRC of New York City’s ambitious experiment with small public high schools underscores the great potential to replace failing schools for disadvantaged students with sch
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Brussels – The number of counterfeit euro coins removed from circulation has decreased by 15%, down to 157 000 coins compared to 186 000 the year before. The 2-euro denomination remains by far the m
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Brussels - A range of proposals to make trade and development instruments work hand-in-hand to ensure real poverty reduction across the world are presented by the European Commission today. The propos
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Brussels - The European Commission has opened an investigation to assess whether a transatlantic joint venture between Air France-KLM, Alitalia and Delta, all members of the SkyTeam airline alliance,
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A review of how health and social care systems are coping in the tough economic climate has been published by the Health Select Committee.
Its chair, Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, has said that th
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Yorkshire Building Society has given £175,000 to its first ever charity of the year, Alzheimer's Society.
The total, which was raised through staff and member fundraising, is the biggest chari
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