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Wales legislates to tackle Bovine Viral Diarrhoea

On 1 July, the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) Order 2024 will be introduced to facilitate an industry-led approach to eradicating the disease...

Monday, 17 June 2024 12:40

Government unveils major package of farming and food sector support (updated)

The Prime Minister has unveiled a major package of measures to support farmers and grow the UK’s farming and food sector...

Monday, 17 June 2024 10:30

NEU comments on Joseph Rowntree Foundation research on impact of deepening poverty on primary schools and GP surgeries

Commenting on new research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation showing the impact that hardship is having on families, children and staff in primary schools and primary and community healthcare settings...

Monday, 17 June 2024 00:01

IFS: Without reform, the two-child limit will affect 670,000 additional children by the end of the next parliament

The ‘two-child limit’ policy caps at two the number of children low-income families can claim additional universal credit for (worth £3,455 per year per child)...

Monday, 17 June 2024 00:01

Labour pledges to hold global investment summit in first 100 days, as Reeves and Reynolds meet with senior business leaders

Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds will tomorrow [Monday 17 June] announce that a future Labour government will hold a Global Investment Summit in the first 100 days...

Sunday, 16 June 2024 23:16

Rachel Reeves: Labour will create 650,000 new jobs to ‘make Britain better off’

Rachel Reeves will tomorrow [Monday 17 June] kick start a week of campaigning on the economy as she vows to create 650,000 new jobs to ‘make Britain better off’...

Sunday, 16 June 2024 22:30

Anglers invited to return to English rivers

The Environment Agency welcomes anglers back to rivers across England today (Sunday 16 June) as the close season for coarse fishing ends...

Sunday, 16 June 2024 15:22

National Education Union poll finds nearly three quarters of teachers have considered leaving the profession because of the negative impact of Ofsted on workload and their mental health

In a snap NEU poll of over 2000 teachers in England we asked for their thoughts about Ofsted...

Sunday, 16 June 2024 00:01

Labour will make parental leave a day-one right

On a visit to Scotland, the party’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner has set out how her transformative New Deal for Working People will help workers balance family and work...

Sunday, 16 June 2024 00:01

Labour’s plan to catch cancer on time will end crisis in cancer care and save lives

Labour is launching its plan to end the cancer backlog, as new projections reveal 700,000 cancer patients will wait too long for treatment if the Conservatives are given another five years...

Saturday, 15 June 2024 22:30