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The UK Government has set 31 July 2022 as the date by which it expects to ratify the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Violence against Women and Girls and Domestic Violence.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has four Plenary Session each year. Below is John's Delegation Leader report for the April session.
The Covid pandemic has raised some interesting questions on our lifestyles and it is good to review things as restrictions are lifted. We have learned to do things differently and some changes have been helpful.
John has welcomed the news of substantial allocations of funds to our local councils from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. South Oxfordshire District Council has been awarded £1,000,000 and Oxfordshire County Council £2,578,456.
John has welcomed a £2,815,307 funding boost to Thames Valley Police as part of the Government’s £130 million investment to tackle some of the most devastating types of crime – including knife crime, gun crime and homicide.
As the UK economy continues its recovery from the pandemic, the Government is working to help ease the global inflationary pressures caused by the world economy coming swiftly back to life. Much of this inflation is being driven by the rising cost of energy due to increased demand worldwide – and
John has welcomed the news that Oxfordshire is to received £12.7 million of new funding to deliver vital improvements to local bus networks. This is part of the Government’s £1.2 billion bus transformation programme which itself is part of a £7 billion package.
