Government crack-down on rip-off temporary staffing agencies delivers unprecedented savings, as NHS trusts are urged to eradicate agency spending altogether. Reforms delivered through Plan for Change deliver mammoth NHS savings - with funding going to better patient care and staff pay.
At its first multi-year Spending Review on 11 June, the government will set day-to-day departmental budgets over the next three years and investment budgets over the next four. Tough choices are unavoidable.
Never mind Trade Tariffs this guy looks at the reality of travel in USA now. Read the comments below the video once you click over to Youtube - shocking..
Good morning to all of you, thank you for being here this morning - Thank you for sharing the work that you are doing here, some of which we can see right behind us. Because this is a legendary Govan shipyard.
From the Highlands to the Borders, Scottish people are set to benefit from the UK's landmark trade deals with India, US and EU announced in recent weeks. Prime Minister visits historic distillery in Glasgow to discuss trade deal benefits for the Scotch Whisky industry.
World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) downgrades UK's BSE risk rating to negligible. The UK's risk rating status for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been downgraded to negligible by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
UK Munitions Production: Ramping Up Amidst a Challenging Global Landscape. The United Kingdom is currently engaged in a significant effort to revitalise and expand its domestic munitions production.
Single-use vapes will no longer be stocked or sold in Scotland under new legislation which comes into force today (Sunday 1 June). The UK-wide ban has been introduced to prevent the environmental damage disposable vapes cause and to address health concerns associated with vaping as Scotland moves towards a tobacco-free generation by 2034.
The United Kingdom is undertaking a significant enhancement of its defence capabilities and spending, driven by what the government describes as an increasingly "dangerous and contested world." While officials are stressing the need for preparedness and robust deterrence, current actions and rhetoric are primarily focused on responding to a heightened threat landscape, particularly from nations like Russia and China, rather than indicating an imminent expectation of war. The Labour government, which assumed office in July 2024, is set to unveil its comprehensive Strategic Defence Review (SDR) tomorrow, Monday, June 2nd.
Procurement of up to 7,000 UK-built long-range weapons and £1.5 billion to build at least six munitions and energetics factories. Procurement of up to 7,000 UK-built long-range weapons and £1.5 billion to build at least six munitions and energetics factories.
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the Russian decision to escort ships of the Shadow Fleet in the Baltic. What is the background on the Shadow Fleet, issues in the Baltic and what does depress oil prices mean going forward? .
Pension funds provide the most opaque form of investment in the UK. It's crazy that all the rules of corporate governance collapse when it comes to pension funds.
Griffin Bark, a new police dog training facility, opens to prepare K9s for real-world scenarios with realistic, site-specific obstacles. A state-of-the-art training facility designed to better prepare police dogs for real-world operational environments has officially opened at Griffin Park, in Cumbria.
Community projects across Scotland aimed at improving lives through local climate action are set to benefit from a share of £6 million Scottish Government funding. Scotland's nationwide network for Climate Action Hubs encourage and support climate action unique to their own areas from flood mitigation, repair shops and local energy generation to food growing and tree planting.
The way in which offshore wind projects are developed in Scotland is being consulted on, with an updated plan now published for views. The draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (SMP-OWE) aims to balance the needs of nature, communities, and other users of the sea.
Ministers have decided not to pursue a proposal to designate Galloway and Ayrshire as a National Park. Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon confirmed that opposition to the nomination and the Reporter's recommendations against it meant that the region in southwest Scotland would not join the Cairngorms and Loch Lomond & the Trossachs as the country's third national park.
Record additional funding for forces family housing to tackle state of accommodation, and builds on the Defence Consumer Charter to transform living conditions for service families. More than £1.5 billion extra for forces family housing means more than £7 billion to be spent on military accommodation in this Parliament, tackling the poor state of forces accommodation across the country.
Trump is not delivering greatness to America. He's delivering chaos and decline, and people are beginning to notice..
New protocol is the result of the agency working with organisations across the sector to improve support for people considering an IVA. The changes to the IVA protocol bring further clarity and certainty for both consumers and creditors.
In this powerful and eye-opening discussion, economist Richard Wolff unpacks the uncomfortable truths that America's leaders refuse to confront. From the silent decline of U.S.
