IFS: Universal credit to hit 1.9 million by over £1,000 per year – though for many these losses are temporary
11 million adults (and a third of working-age ones) will be in households entitled to some universal credit (UC)...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019 00:01
LGA responds to Impetus report on young people's employment gap
Responding to a report by Impetus which examines the nation’s ‘youth jobs gap’, Cllr Mark Hawthorne, Local Government Association Skills spokesman, said...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019 00:01
LGA responds to St Mungo's report on homelessness funding
Responding to the report, which found that councils are spending almost £1 billion less each year on homelessness compared to a decade ago, Local Government Association Housing spokesman, Cllr Martin Tett, said...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019 00:01
Charities call on Government to fix £1bn hole in vital homelessness services
Nine years of government cuts have left local services for single homeless people with a shocking £1bn a year funding gap, according to major new research commissioned by St Mungo’s and Homeless Link...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019 00:01
More than 100 aviation companies to publish female staff numbers
More than 100 of the UK’s most influential aviation and aerospace companies have agreed to publish figures on the number of female staff members, as part of a commitment to address the gender gap...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019 00:01
Universal Credit was supposed to lift people out of poverty but IFS analysis makes clear it is hitting the poorest hardest - Greenwood
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on new analysis from the IFS showing that 1.9 million adults will be at least £1,000 per year worse off under Universal Credit, said...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019 00:01
National Schools Commissioner appointed
Dominic Herrington has today been confirmed as National Schools Commissioner by the Department for Education...
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 20:38
Ministerial Appointments
The Queen has been pleased to approve the following appointments:..
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 16:42
Government publishes new action plan to improve police forensics
The Home Office today publishes a 13-point action plan to improve police forensics...
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 16:20
Cross-Party Agreement on Climate Change
On Tuesday 23rd April 2019, sparked by the visit of Greta Thunberg to the UK...
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 16:19