Education Secretary: Government delivering skills reform to prevent businesses from “driving with the handbrake on”
The government’s Skills for Growth conference takes place today (22 June), hosting some of the biggest British and international companies to discuss how we can create a workforce fit for the future and address the urgent recruitment needs of businesses...
Thursday, 22 June 2023 00:01
UK announces partnerships with Africa and the Caribbean to help manage debt and deal with climate crises
Speaking at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris today (22 June), UK Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell will announce that UKEF has started discussions with 12 partner countries in Africa and the Caribbean...
Thursday, 22 June 2023 00:01
Universities UK responds to the Advance HE and HEPI annual Student Academic Experience Survey
In response to the Advance HE and HEPI annual Student Academic Experience Survey, a spokesperson from Universities UK said...
Thursday, 22 June 2023 00:01
Labour sets out plans to ease mortgage crisis now
With interest rates due to rise on Thursday, Labour sets out a five-point plan today to ease the hit from soaring mortgages and halt repossessions...
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 22:30
PM: “Moral responsibility” to cut inflation
The Prime Minister will talk of the “deep moral responsibility” he feels to halve inflation this year, and see it return to the Bank of England’s target of 2%...
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 22:30
New scheme to support graduates into town and planning careers
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has announced that it is granting £1.59 million to the Local Government Association to fund a new scheme...
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 20:43
Minister Halfon's speech to the Sixth Form Colleges Association
Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon delivered a speech to the Sixth Form Colleges Association...
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 20:35
Welsh Conservative leader slams Labour’s hair brained glass deposit return scheme
Commenting following his topical question in the Senedd today on the news that 61 retailers have written an open letter to the Labour Government calling for the deposit return scheme in Wales to exclude glass in line with the rest of the UK...
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 16:30
Extract from PMQs - Jun 21
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con): The United Kingdom sanctioned Iran for promoting terrorism, destabilising the middle east, supplying weapons to our enemies and, of course, the proliferation of nuclear weapons...
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 16:00
UK announces new tech and insurance support for companies helping Ukraine rebuild
The UK has today announced a funding boost of up to £20 million for the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantees Agency (MIGA) to help support more private sector investment in Ukraine to help the country rebuild...
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 13:56