Well worth watching. It starts after a couple of long intros at about 13 minutes in.
Four days of Royal Mail Strikes begin today Friday 26 August Wednesday 31 August Thursday 8 September Friday 9 September. How will post be affected by the Royal Mail strike? Royal Mail says it has " well-developed contingency plans, but they cannot fully replace the daily efforts of its frontline workforce”.
New symptomatic cases per day, 108,841. Current symptomatic prevalence, 1,659,056.
Ofgem has announced the new much higher price cap for gas and electricity. New charges will begin on 1 October 2022.
89% of adults in Great Britain continued to report their cost of living had risen over the past month, according to our Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) for 3 to 14 August. This is an increase since the question was first asked in the period 3 to 14 November 2021 (62%).
Today (26 August 2022) Ofgem has announced the energy price cap will increase to £3,549 per year for dual fuel for an average household from 1 October 2022. This comes as Ofgem's CEO warns of the hardship energy prices will cause this winter and urges the incoming Prime Minister and new cabinet to provide an additional and urgent response to continued surging energy prices.
UK average house prices increased by 7.8% in the year to June 2022, down from 12.8% in May 2022. The average UK house price was £286,000 in June 2022, £20,000 higher than this time last year.
The Philippines will be eligible for over 99% duty free access (by value) of total exported goods to the UK via the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS). The UK is reshaping trade with developing countries through this new trading framework that will replace the UK Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and will come into force in early 2023.
Around 1.1 million claimant families receiving tax credits will get their first Cost of Living Payment from Friday 2 September 2022, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed. This £326 government payment will be paid automatically into eligible tax credit-only customers' bank accounts between 2 and 7 September 2022.
If customers are struggling to pay for energy bills, they should contact their energy supplier as soon as possible. Depending on their circumstances, customers may be eligible for extra help with their energy bills or services, such as debt repayment plans, payment breaks, emergency credit for prepayment metered customers, priority support and schemes like the Winter Fuel Payment or Warm Home Discount rebate.
Dual fuel customer paying by direct debit, typical energy use (GB £). You can clearly see how whole sale prices are driving the price increase for consumers..
The new Prime Minister will need to introduce radical new policy support - such as energy bill freezes and solidarity taxes. Or unprecedented social tariffs costing tens of billions of pounds - to prevent the deepening energy bills crisis becoming a serious threat to families' physical and financial health this winter, according to a new Resolution Foundation report published today (Thursday 25 August 2022).
UK-based launch services company Orbex is hiring an additional fifty staff members over the next six months. The new team members will support the company's final push to prepare for the first vertical rocket launch from UK soil over the coming months.
Members of today's Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Committee have made two appointments to the newly-developed role of Trauma Champion. Councillors Liz Kraft and Morven Reid were successfully appointed to the role and will represent the Council on both local and national Trauma Champion networks.
From The Health Foundation report. Health care Throughout the pandemic the NHS has been under huge pressure.
During its meeting which took place on Wednesday 24 August 2022, the Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Committee made six appointments to the roles of Children and Young People Champion and Champion for Older People. Councillors Lyndsey Johnston, Pauline Munro and Chris Birt were nominated as Children and Young People Champions and have been appointed to the roles by the Committee.
This item is from The Health Foundation. A year on from our COVID-19 impact inquiry.
Earlier this month, The Highland Council launched a community engagement exercise to ask people's views on how they would like to see funding being prioritised in their local area. The Council is responsible for the delivery of several external funding streams and as part of its commitment to localism, where possible, these funds are devolved to area committee level.
Students should get up to date with 3 vaccines: Men ACWY (meningitis), MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and, for female students, HPV, before the start of the new term. Students heading to university in September are being encouraged to ensure they are up to date with their vaccinations ahead of Freshers' Week to protect themselves against a range of life-threatening illnesses.
Strike dates confirmed for Glasgow and East Renfrewshire schools as COSLA pay talks continue. GMB Scotland has today (Tuesday 23 August) confirmed strike action for schools and early years services in Glasgow City Council and East Renfrewshire Council.
