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Labour responds to latest ONS labour market statistics

Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the latest ONS labour market statistics, said...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 07:41

Labour responds to the Royal Navy's withdrawal from channel patrols

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to the Royal Navy's withdrawal from channel patrols, said...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 07:33

Chancellor responds to August labour market statistics

The Chancellor responded to the ONS August labour market statistics...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 07:32

IFS: Lack of progress on closing educational inequalities disadvantaging millions throughout life

New research on inequalities, carried out for the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities and funded by the Nuffield Foundation, finds that disadvantaged pupils start school behind their better-off peers, and the education system is not succeeding in closing these gaps...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 00:01

ASCL response to IFS report on educational inequalities

Commenting on research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies on educational inequalities, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 00:01

One year until Scotland’s deposit return scheme

Scotland's deposit return scheme will go live for consumers in one year’s time (16 August 2023), giving businesses and consumers an easy way to boost recycling...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 00:01

Tax aviation fuel to fund rail fare freeze, say campaigners

Campaign for Better Transport is calling on the Government to introduce a fuel tax on domestic flights and use the money to fund a rail fare freeze for 2023...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 00:01

New trading scheme cuts tariffs on hundreds of everyday products

The UK is using its post-Brexit powers to launch one of the world’s most generous trading schemes with developing countries today...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 00:01

Labour calls on Johnson, Sunak, and Truss to end the appalling vacuum of leadership on energy bills

Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary, today calling on the Conservative Government and leadership candidates to end their vacuum of leadership on the energy bills crisis, said...

Monday, 15 August 2022 22:30

Health and Social Care Secretary statement on bivalent vaccines

Statement from the Health and Social Care Secretary accepting advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to offer Moderna’s new bivalent vaccine as part of the autumn Covid booster rollout...

Monday, 15 August 2022 16:40