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Victims of crime will receive additional support following Budget

Victims of crime and specialist RASSO units will be better supported thanks to funding allocated to the CPS from the Budget, confirms the Solicitor General...

Friday, 8 November 2024 09:50

Mental Health Bill: Statement from the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC)

RPC statement about the late submission of the Mental Health Bill impact assessment...

Friday, 8 November 2024 08:23

Closing attainment gaps would improve access to post-16 STEM qualifications for disadvantaged and Black Caribbean pupils, new EPI report finds

A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the Centre for Youth and Education (CfEY), supported by Mission 44, highlights the need for targeted efforts to increase post-16 participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects for currently underrepresented groups...

Friday, 8 November 2024 00:01

UK needs to face up to the future when it comes to AI and jobs, says new report from the Tony Blair Institute

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) has today published an in-depth study of AI and the labour market...

Friday, 8 November 2024 00:01

Thousands of cancers caught early through NHS lung checks

More than 5,000 people in England have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier thanks to an innovative NHS initiative, which uses mobile scanning trucks to visit local communities...

Friday, 8 November 2024 00:01

Government boosts support for veterans ahead of remembrance

Housing support for veterans across the UK has been guaranteed after the government committed millions of pounds of new additional funding for veterans’ homelessness support programmes...

Friday, 8 November 2024 00:01

Government and business leaders come together to accelerate climate action before COP29

Business leaders, ambassadors, industry experts and representatives from the COP Troika governments of the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil joined discussions...

Thursday, 7 November 2024 20:36

Significant Government investment set to transform transport links across the North

Transport links across the North of England will be transformed following two multi-billion-pound rail and road schemes being secured in last week’s Budget...

Thursday, 7 November 2024 18:00

Almost £1.4bn of local growth projects confirmed across Scotland

Following last week’s Budget, Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has written to all local authorities in Scotland to confirm their funding allocations for local growth projects.

Thursday, 7 November 2024 17:48

Susannah Hancock to review girls’ placements in youth custody

Susannah Hancock will carry out an independent review of the placement of girls in the children and young people’s secure estate...

Thursday, 7 November 2024 16:26