Labour calls for wage subsidy to boost apprenticeships as Government incentive fails to create opportunities
Labour is today reiterating its call for the Government to use a wage subsidy to create new apprenticeships...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
New UK Cyber Security Council to be official governing body on training and standards
The government has set up a new independent body to boost career opportunities and professional standards for the UK’s booming cyber security sector...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
NHS covid-19 App alerts 1.7 million contacts to stop spread of covid-19
Over 1.7 million app users across England and Wales have been advised to isolate by the NHS COVID-19 app following a close contact with someone who goes on to test positive, new data published today shows...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Universal Credit £20 weekly increase must be extended to prevent hundreds of thousands falling into poverty, MPs say
The Chancellor must maintain for another year ‘at the very least’ the £20 per week increase in Universal Credit (UC) and Working Tax Credit introduced to support families during the coronavirus pandemic, MPs say today...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Universal Credit: JRF responds to new Work & Pensions Committee report
A new report from the Work & Pensions Committee is recommending that if the Chancellor cannot yet commit to making the £20 uplift to Universal Credit permanent, he should at the very least extend it for a further 12 months...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Wales commits to net zero by 2050, but sets out ambitions to get there sooner
Welsh Government has today set out its legal commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, but is pushing to “get there sooner” as it gets ready for COP26 [26th United Nations’ Climate Change Conference of the Parties] in November...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Public urged to consider work in adult social care
The public are being called upon to apply for rewarding short-term and long-term opportunities in the adult social care sector to support care home residents and those being cared for at home...
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:01
Statement by Gavin Williamson on appointment of OfS Chair and guidance
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced the appointment of Lord Wharton of Yarm as the new chair of the Office for Students (OfS)...
Monday, 8 February 2021 19:05
The need to secure an outcome delivers for our planet as a whole - speech by Alok Sharma
Statement by COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma at UN virtual briefing on updates to preparations for COP26...
Monday, 8 February 2021 18:48
Call for people aged 70 and over to contact NHS for a Covid jab
People aged 70 and over who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid and who would like to be are today being asked to contact the NHS to arrange a jab...
Monday, 8 February 2021 17:00