Unemployment up by 454,000
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK...
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 08:00
IPPR: Green skills gap threatens to derail drive to net zero warn construction industry leaders
With 750,000 construction workers due to retire in the next 15 years, the UK may be unable to meet net zero targets, according to IPPR...
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 00:01
NFU: Level up rural Britain to turbocharge Britain’s green economy
An ambitious and revolutionary approach to levelling up rural Britain can create jobs, boost green economic growth, increase exports and improve the wellbeing of the entire nation, a new report from the NFU highlights...
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 00:01
Sian Berry pledges to set up “People’s Land Commission” as Green Mayor
Sian Berry has pledged to set up a “People’s Land Commission” to restore and revive local communities if elected Mayor of London in May....
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 00:01
Labour to force votes to protect family finances and support jobs, businesses and the excluded through the worst economic crisis of any major economy
Labour will today force votes in the House of Commons calling on the government to take urgent action to secure Britain’s economy...
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 00:01
"Farming matters to Labour”: Starmer to deliver first leader’s speech to NFU conference since 2008
Keir Starmer will today promise to bring the Labour Party closer to rural and farming communities in the first Labour leader’s speech to the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference since 2008...
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 00:01
PM: Climate Change ‘Grave Threat to Global Peace and Security’
The Prime Minister will warn the UN Security Council today [Tuesday] that unless we take urgent action to tackle climate change, the world risks worsening conflict, displacement and insecurity...
Monday, 22 February 2021 22:30
Education Policy Institute comments on the PM's plans for the reopening of schools
Commenting on the Prime Minister's statement on the reopening of schools, Natalie Perera, Chief Executive of the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said...
Monday, 22 February 2021 18:35
UK Music chief welcomes PM's announcement as "fantastic news" for UK's world-leading live music industry
Responding to the Prime Minister's roadmap out of Covid-19 restrictions today, UK Music Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin said...
Monday, 22 February 2021 18:32
Government response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence
These documents provide the government’s response to the Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence report...
Monday, 22 February 2021 17:29