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Labour pledges new opportunities for young people to earn and learn with plan to create 100,000 apprenticeships

Labour has today [Tuesday] pledged new opportunities for young people to earn and learn with a plan to create 100,000 new apprenticeships across the country...

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:01

UK Government launches plan for a world-leading hydrogen economy

Tens of thousands of jobs, billions of pounds in investment and new export opportunities will be unlocked through Government plans to create a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK over the next decade and beyond...

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:01

Funding boost to support student mental health

Eighteen innovative projects across universities and colleges in England will receive funding to support student mental health in a £6 million programme, the Office for Students (OfS) announced today...

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:01

Competition winners to deliver UKs first hydrogen transport trials in Tees Valley

Hydrogen transport pilots in the Tees Valley area will establish the UK as a leader in the technology and propel us towards our net zero goals...

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:01

Government should freeze rail fares says Campaign for Better Transport

Ahead of the announcement of July’s Retail Price Index (RPI) figure tomorrow (18 August), which will be used to set the rail fare rise for January 2022, Paul Tuohy, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said...

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:01

Greenpeace responds to Hydrogen strategy announcement

In response to the government's announcements around their hydrogen strategy, Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist for Greenpeace UK, said...

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:01

Government's hydrogen strategy "welcome but not ambitious enough" says GMB

We must utilise UK technology and manufacturing to underpin our heating strategy and create thousands of highly skilled new jobs says GMB Union ...

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:01

Labour responds to the Government's hydrogen strategy

Alan Whitehead MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal, commenting on the Government's hydrogen strategy, said...

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:01

Government to announce new and bespoke resettlement scheme for Afghans

Please see below some background information and an on-the-record quote on the UK Government’s work on Afghanistan...

Monday, 16 August 2021 22:30

Updated advice on visiting arrangements in care homes

The Department of Health and Social Care has published guidance is for directors of public health, care providers and others...

Monday, 16 August 2021 20:04