Vacancies fall for third quarter in a row, according to British Retail Consortium
In the second quarter of 2022, the overall GB vacancy rate decreased to 14.0%, which was 0.1 percentage points better than Q1 and 0.5 percentage points better than the same period last year...
Friday, 29 July 2022 00:01
New research van rolled out to detect dangerous driving
New mobile technology capable of automatically detecting motorists who fail to wear a seatbelt or hold mobile phones at the wheel is being trialled in the UK for the first time..
Friday, 29 July 2022 00:01
Committee launches inquiry into the future of the UK’s creative industries
The Communications and Digital Committee is launching an inquiry into the future of the UK’s creative industries. The Committee invites written contributions by 2 September...
Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:37
Homelessness statistics and Labour response
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has published statistics providing information on statutory homelessness applications, duties, and outcomes for local authorities...
Thursday, 28 July 2022 19:03
Drugs deaths situation remains ‘unacceptable,’ says Scotland's Drugs Policy Minister
While welcoming an end to seven annual increases in drugs deaths, Drugs Policy Minister Angela Constance made clear the situation remains “unacceptable”...
Thursday, 28 July 2022 16:17
Government recommends cutting unnecessary bureaucracy in research sector
Today, the government has published the final report of the Independent Review of Research Bureaucracy, launched in March 2021 to identify ways to substantially reduce unnecessary bureaucracy...
Thursday, 28 July 2022 13:58
Labour responds to Shell posting record profits during the Cost of Living crisis
Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary, responding to Shell posting record profits during the Cost of Living crisis, said...
Thursday, 28 July 2022 12:52
The right to choose: government guidance on forced marriage
The Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office have published a document comprising statutory guidance for heads of safeguarding organisations...
Thursday, 28 July 2022 11:40
Act now to prepare our nation’s defences, says committee report
Today, the Defence Committee publishes its report “The Integrated Review, Defence in a Competitive Age and the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy”...
Thursday, 28 July 2022 11:35
EAC calls for rapid implementation of environmental principles in policymaking across Government
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) today argues that there is no reason for any further delay to the roll-out of the Government’s Environmental Principles...
Thursday, 28 July 2022 11:31