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20/8/2023
How Retailers Are Supporting Customers During Cost Of Living Crisis
The British Retail consortium has gathered information on how many big stores are cutting prices or raising wages. In the north we only have a few of these big name stores such as Boot, Lidl, Coop, and Tesco - One thing that is obvious from the pay levels is that once again supermarkets are leaving the care sector behind.20/8/2023
Retail Sales Drop In July
Retail sales fell sharply during July, with volumes declining by 1.2% on the month, following downwardly revised positive growth of 0.6% in June, according to the Office for National Statistics. Much of the strong performance during June was attributed to strong weather, though conversely, the sixth wettest July since 1836 had a huge impact on footfall, reducing the overall number of shopping trips.
20/8/2023
President Putin Has Shown He Is Not Serious About Any Peace In Ukraine That Respects International Law: Uk Statement At The Security Council
Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Tom Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine. Let me begin by thanking High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
20/8/2023
Polio Detection Times Could Be Halved Using A Scientific Detection Method, New Research Shows
New research supported by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has shown that the time to detect polio can be halved. By using a technique called Direct molecular Detection and Nanopore Sequencing (DDNS), supporting the global effort to eradicate polio and help save lives.
20/8/2023
Drone Display Takes MOD Public Safety Message To New Heights
A dramatic drone display lit up the night sky of a Welsh coastal town to deliver a serious public safety message. The drones took to the sky on 16 August in Tenby, Wales, as part of a Ministry of Defence (MOD) campaign to remind the public of the simple actions they should take to stay safe when using military training land.
20/8/2023
Free Access To Cash Protected
The vast majority of people and businesses are set to be no further than three miles away from withdrawing cash under a new framework set out by the Treasury. government protects cash access services, free of charges, across the UK.20/8/2023
Learning From Artificial Intelligence With Gaming
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory took part in a recent 2-day workshop run by the Machine Speed Command and Control (MSC2) project on artificial intelligence (AI). The innovative workshop was run by one of the MSC2 partners, Cambridge Consultants.20/8/2023
£90m Boost To Ukraine's Air Defence Capability As New Contracts Signed
It comes as delivery begins of a new package of drones to Ukraine, funded by the UK-administered International Fund for Ukraine. Three contracts to deliver air defence equipment to Ukraine worth more than £90m have been signed by the Ministry of Defence on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU).
20/8/2023
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack Comments On 2022-23 GERS Figures
The Scottish Government published their annual Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland report this week, which shows the difference between total revenue and total public sector spending in Scotland. The figures for 2022-2023 showed that people in Scotland are continuing to benefit from levels of public spending substantially above the United Kingdom average.20/8/2023
It's Getting Hot In Here - How Ever-Warmer UK Summer Temperatures Will Have An Outsized Impact On Low-income Households And Low-paid Workers -
Although the UK's summer of 2023 has been something of a washout so far, the country is getting hotter, with temperatures over 40oC - first experienced in the UK in 2022 - set to become the norm. Hotter weather will impact different people in different ways, so this Spotlight explores what it means for Brits at home and at work.
19/8/2023
Refining Of Highland Council's Approach To Developer Contributions And How Communities Can Help
Highland Council's Economy & Infrastructure Committee on 17 August 2023 agreed two reports that relate to developer contributions and the next steps for the preparation of a new style Development Plan for Highland. One of the reports confirmed how a new Development Plan aims to represent all partners and communities across Highland.19/8/2023
NATO Ships Train Alongside World's Largest Warship, The USS Gerald R. Ford
Central Mediterranean Sea - A NATO task group engaged in a series of dynamic maritime training exercises with the US Navy's most advanced warship during Exercise Sage Wolverine in the central Mediterranean Sea, 2 - 11 August 23. The exercise was the perfect opportunity for Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) and the US Navy's Gerald R.
19/8/2023
The Post Office Scandal Is Possibly The Largest Miscarriage Of Justice In UK History - And It's Not Over Yet
The Post Office scandal involves miscarriages of justice involving hundreds of innocent people who were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting. It has been going on for over 20 years, with the Post Office accused of a cover up after it repeatedly failed to disclose key evidence.19/8/2023
It's Getting Hot In Here How Ever-warmer UK Summer Temperatures Will Have An Outsized Impact On Low-income Households And Low-paid Workers
Although the UK's summer of 2023 has been something of a washout so far, the country is getting hotter, with temperatures over 40oC - first experienced in the UK in 2022 - set to become the norm. Hotter weather will impact different people in different ways, so this Spotlight explores what it means for Brits at home and at work.
19/8/2023
UK Sees Biggest Six-month Inflation Fall In Over Three Decades - But Bank Still Faces Big Battle To Tame Price Pressures
CPI inflation fell to 6.8 per cent in July - down from 7.9 per cent in June and 10.1 per cent in January - making it the sharpest six-month fall in inflation since September 1992. But UK inflation remains higher than elsewhere, and the Bank of England faces a tough task in taming it amid accelerating pay growth, the Resolution Foundation said today.19/8/2023
Pay Growth Accelerates To End 18 Month Wage Squeeze - But 15 Year Stagnation Has Left Average Earnings £230 A Week Lower Than Their Pre-financial Crisis Trend
Real wages in June were higher than a year ago for the first time in 18 months - ending yet another painful pay squeeze across Britain. However, with unemployment rising and vacancies falling, the Bank will hope that pay rises will also start to cool in the coming months, the Resolution Foundation said on 15 Augus2023.19/8/2023
Real-term Pay Falls Fuel Strikes - But Increased Public Sector Vacancies Mean The Government Must Follow Private-sector Trends When It Comes To Pay
3.9 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year - more days than at any point since the 1980s - with many of the strikes fuelled by the fact that highly-unionised public sector workers have experienced average real terms pay falls of over 9 per cent since 2021, the Resolution Foundation said in new analysis published earlier this week. The Foundation's quarterly Labour Market Outlook examines the drivers behind the ongoing strikes and high vacancy rates in the public sector.19/8/2023
81,900 Homeowner Mortgages Are In Arrears
Around 81,900 homeowner mortgages are in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of the outstanding balance in the second quarter of the year, up seven per cent on the previous quarter. According to UK Finance figures, within the total figure there were 30,940 mortgages in the lightest arrears band, which is between 2.5 and five per cent of the outstanding balance.19/8/2023
Surge In Buy-to-let Arrears ‘Bound To Happen'
Riz Malik, founder and director at R3 Mortgages, said that growing number of buy-to-let landlords were "encountering serious financial challenges". Malik continued: "Beyond escalating borrowing expenses, unpaid rents stand as a significant factor.19/8/2023
Stubborn Inflation Puts PMs Target In Jeopardy
In January of this year, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, set out his five priorities for 2023, one of which was halving inflation. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in November 2022 (latest data available to Mr Sunak in January) was 10.7%, implying a target rate of 5.4%.
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