Government boosts growth-driving creative industries in Merseyside and the West Midlands
Creative technology firms and artists in Merseyside and the West Midlands are in line for a major financial boost...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 00:01
Murphy approves access to student loans for Ulster University medical students
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced that from the 2025/26 academic year students at the Graduate Entry Medical School at Ulster University’s Derry-Londonderry campus will be able to access tuition fee loan...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 00:01
NHS Reacts To New £100 Million Gambling Levy
Claire Murdoch, NHS National Director for Mental Health, said: “Problem gambling can completely ruin lives and the issue has skyrocketed...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 00:01
Statutory levy and online slot stake limits to be introduced to tackle gambling harm
The government has taken its first steps towards strengthening gambling harm legislation today, confirming plans to implement a statutory levy on gambling profits and online slot stake limits to help tackle the issue of gambling addiction...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 00:01
NICE: New joint guideline recommends healthcare professionals prescribe combination treatments rather than ‘reliever’ medications alone for people with newly diagnosed asthma
For the first time, the British Thoracic Society (BTS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) have collaborated to develop a UK-wide asthma guideline...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 00:01
Tackle ‘big wealth’ to avoid decades of social mobility stagnation, warns new IPPR report
The pressing social and economic challenge posed by wealth inequality in the UK is today freshly analysed in a new Institute for Public Policy Research paper...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 00:01
National Audit Office report: Dental recovery plan unlikely to deliver target of 1.5m additional treatments
The dental recovery plan, launched in February 2024 with the aim that "everyone who needs to see a dentist will be able to," is unlikely deliver an additional 1.5 million treatments by March 2025...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 00:01
SRC seeks action as shop theft soars by a quarter
Responding to the publication of the latest Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics which show a 25% rise in shop theft over the past year, David Lonsdale, Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, said...
Tuesday, 26 November 2024 16:08
Oral statement to Parliament by Liz Kendall: Get Britain Working White Paper
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall delivered a speech to Parliament to present the Get Britain Working White Paper...
Tuesday, 26 November 2024 15:42
Minister’s address to the Association of School and College Leaders Northern Ireland (ASCL) Annual Conference
Minister’s address to the Association of School and College Leaders Northern Ireland (ASCL) Annual Conference...
Tuesday, 26 November 2024 15:38