JRF: Rising child and pensioner poverty shows why Covid inquiry must consider its impact
The Government’s annual Households below average income data released today provides the most up-to-date picture of poverty in the UK going into the pandemic..
Thursday, 25 March 2021 12:13
UK Finance: Criminals exploit Covid-19 pandemic with rise in scams targeting victims online
Criminals turned to online and technology-enabled scams to exploit people’s fears about the Covid-19 pandemic, UK Finance’s latest Fraud the Facts1 report has revealed...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 12:08
Jonathan Reynolds comments on figures showing that three quarters of children in poverty live in a working household
Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on figures showing that three quarters of children in poverty live in a working household, said...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 12:00
LGA responds to Early Years Healthy Development Review
Responding to today’s publication of government advisor Andrea Leadsom’s Early Years Healthy Development Review on the experience of families during the first 1,001 days of their babies’ lives...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 11:58
Government extends business support measures
The Government has extended temporary insolvency measures providing further support to businesses during the pandemic...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 11:57
Full text of Ed Miliband's speech on how Labour would invest in jobs through our green economic recovery
Ed Miliband MP, Labour’s Shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary, in a speech on how Labour would invest in jobs through our green economic recovery, said...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 11:55
UK Music Chief Welcomes Boris Johnson’s Pledge To Fix Music Industry’s EU Work Permits Crisis
UK Music Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has welcomed PM Boris Johnson’s commitment that he will fix the work permits crisis facing touring musicians...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 11:52
Labour's electric vehicle 'revolution' would come at significant cost to the general public, says IEA expert
Responding to Labour’s plans for an “electric vehicle revolution”, Andy Mayer, Chief Operating Officer at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 11:41
Coronavirus (COVID-19): grassroots sports guidance for safe provision including team sport, contact combat sport and organised sport events (update)
Information on how to safely provide grassroots sport and physical activity during COVID restrictions, including the team sport framework, contact combat sport framework, and advice on organised sport participation events...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 11:39
Written statement on Mandate to NHS England and NHS Improvement for 2021-22 - Mar 25
Minister for Health (Edward Argar): The Prime Minister paid tribute to the extraordinary success of the UK’s Covid-19 vaccination programme when setting out on 22 February 2021 his roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions in England...
Thursday, 25 March 2021 11:06