Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity trends, sourced from the Labour Force Survey for Scotland and the UK. Key points Labour Force Survey estimates are presented for March to May 2022, compared with the quarter before (December 2021 to February 2022) and pre-pandemic (December 2019 to February 2020).
Executive summary This report examines experiences of pay and progression among women over 50 years old working in Scotland in two specific sectors: the Finance and Insurance sector, and the Information and Communication sector. The research was conducted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) on behalf of the Fair Work Convention.
From a blog at The Nuffield Trust by Sally Gainsbury published 18 July 2022. With talk of tax cuts proving popular in the race to become the next Conservative party leader, and pay rise expectations significantly higher than budgets allow, the NHS could be caught in the crossfire of conflicting demands.
In the week ending 10 July 2022 there were 16,521 reported COVID-19 cases, a decrease of 9.5% from the previous week ending 03 July 2022 (18,248). In the week ending 10 July 2022, 3,384 (20.5%) of all cases reported that week were determined to be reinfections when applying the 90-day threshold.
From The Office for budget responsibility. In little more than two years, the UK economy and public finances have felt the consequences of a global health crisis caused by Covid-19, a global security crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Check out Notayesmanseconomics's Blog Tells us what is really happening in parts of the economy and not what the spin doctors send out daily. .
Solar powered aircraft, ultra-efficient wings and medical treatment carrying drones are just some of the technologies the government will back. Solar-powered aircraft and NHS treatment carrying drones are among latest innovations backed by £273 million of government and industry funding.
Scottish Government's resilience operation activated. The Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) remains in operation as the Met Office Amber warning of extreme heat extends to more parts of Scotland next week.
Comes as Data Protection and Digital Information Bill introduced to Parliament, including measures to use AI responsibly while reducing compliance burdens on businesses to boost the economy Regulators like Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will apply six principles to oversee AI in a range of contexts. New plans for regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) will be published today to help develop consistent rules to promote innovation in this groundbreaking technology and protect the public.
The Nuclear Decommissioning authority Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 sets out the progress made towards our mission of cleaning up and decommissioning the UK's civil nuclear sites. The Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 sets out the significant progress made towards our mission of cleaning up and decommissioning the UK's civil nuclear sites, despite another challenging year responding to changing COVID-19 restrictions.
Dounreay 2022 A Colour Brochure about Dounreay including the history has been published. It has lots of pictures and is an easy read.
Search for for school leavers and recent graduates who want to make a difference to the future of the region. The agency is looking for school leavers and recent graduates who want to make a difference to the future of the region.
Applications for the second round of the government's Levelling Up Fund now open until 2 August. Councils all over the country can today bid for a share of £4.8 billion of flagship levelling up funding for projects that improve everyday life for people across the UK.
Children and young people should not be able to buy in-game purchases known as ‘loot boxes' in video games without parental consent. Government's call for evidence has unveiled a link between loot boxes and gambling harms, as well as wider mental health, financial and problem-gaming harms.
Cool ASAP using water and fans. Splash all over with water or immerse in water.
£250,000 for charities helping deal with food insecurity in Horn of Africa. Grants totalling £250,000 are being given to two charities to assist people affected by the hunger crisis in Ethiopia and Somalia.
The UK bilaterally donated 1 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh. The vaccine consignment arrived in Bangladesh on 23 February 2022.
UK latest, another week another record number of new covid infections. New symptomatic cases, 345,856 per day.
Additional doses will be given in Scotland from September. A further booster vaccination will be offered to those at highest risk of severe COVID-19 disease from September, in line with other nations in the UK.
A Scottish Government Resilience (SGoRR) meeting has been held to prepare for the potential impacts of a Met Office Amber warning of extreme heat in Scotland next week. The warning covers southern parts of Scotland from 00.00 on Monday 18 July to 23.59 on Tue 19 July.
