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Labour pledges to build National Care Service enforcing high standards in homes

Labour has pledged to recruit care workers by guaranteeing fair pay, workers’ rights and appropriate training under a National Care Service as it claimed “too many private equity firms are failing” in their duties to residents. The party said its ...

24 Sept 2022 at 08:00

Scotland

Government to publish ‘bold and ambitious’ new plan to combat child poverty

The Scottish Government will publish a fresh child poverty plan on Thursday. As part of the requirements of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017, the Scottish Government must publish a plan and provide a ministerial statement at regular ...

24 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Government accused of breaking promise to North on post-Brexit funding

The Conservative Government has broken its promise to the North of England to match EU cash lost to the regions after Brexit, it has been claimed. Money from Government under the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) was supposed to replace cash ...

14 Apr 2022 at 16:55

UK must learn ‘urgent lessons’ to avoid losing global green race – think tank

UK must learn ‘urgent lessons’ to avoid losing global green race, says thinktank

The UK is being left behind in the race to develop and deploy green technologies because of an unwillingness to invest in its industrial strategy, a leading think tank has said. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research ...

14 Mar 2023 at 06:45

Campaigners brand Bill to curb Channel crossings ‘unethical and impractical’

Ministers have been accused of setting an “utterly terrible example” to other countries with new migration proposals which campaigners said will see vulnerable people treated as criminals and suspected terrorists. The Government’s ...

07 Mar 2023 at 17:05

Analysis finds rise of ‘muscular unionism’ is out of step with public attitudes

The Government in Westminster’s dominance over national decision-making and politicians’ use of “muscular unionism” rhetoric risks undermining public support for maintaining the UK as a single state, research by a think tank ...

07 Sept 2023 at 09:09

‘Government undermining food security by not supporting farmers’

The Government is failing to support sustainable farming, which undermines the UK’s food security, researchers have said. Analysis from the think tank Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that droughts, ...

17 Jul 2023 at 10:46

Double-digit pay rises for public sector workers not inflationary – think tank

Double-digit pay rises for public sector workers would not be inflationary, a think tank report says. A 10.5% salary boost for public sector staff would add 0.14 percentage points at most to inflation if funded by ...

18 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Government plans to tackle migration risk creating ‘perma-backlog’ – think tank

Government plans to tackle unauthorised migration risk creating a “perma-backlog” with thousands of asylum seekers stuck “in limbo” and in need of accommodation, a think tank has warned. The much-criticised ...

21 Aug 2023 at 22:30

Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK

Long-term sickness – with people out of the labour market – has become a “serious fiscal threat” to the UK and action is needed to reform health and social care, according to a new report. The Institute ...

13 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Employment support services failing businesses and jobseekers, says think tank

The Government’s employment support system is failing both jobseekers and businesses and needs to be substantially reformed, a think tank has said. The current approach of encouraging people to apply ...

05 Sept 2023 at 09:04

First ever council trial of four-day week hailed a success

The first ever council trial of a four-day-week has been hailed as a success, with average employee performance improving. South Cambridgeshire District Council trialled a four-day week for ...

29 Apr 2023 at 12:35

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