Cutting-edge research networks backed by government to tackle debilitating symptoms of dementia including memory loss and communication difficulties. People living with dementia are set to benefit from government-backed research designed to help them live more independently in their own homes.
Reducing the gap between the basic and incapacity rates of universal credit could mean billions more in cuts for ill and disabled people. The government is downplaying the true scale of planned cuts to social security, according to analysis from the New Economics Foundation (NEF), out today.
NEF analysis reveals government's £5bn benefits savings conceals even bigger cut for ill and disabled people, Ill and disabled people are set to lose out on an additional £1.5bn from changes to universal credit (UC), on top of the cuts to Personal Independence Payments announced by the government this week, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has found. NEF analysis of figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests the government's £5bn of benefits savings conceals the true scale of the impact on ill and disabled people.
Rachel Reeves thinks she is facing an economic crisis. She's wrong.
Early estimates for February 2025 indicate that the number of payrolled employees broadly stayed the same compared with February 2024, at 30.4 million; a small rise of 0.2% or 67,000 employees. This change was highest in the health and social work sector, a rise of 92,000 employees, and lowest in the accommodation and food service activities sector, a fall of 64,000 employees.
As Chancellor looks to public spending cuts, the Treasury is set to give the Bank money that could instead be used to provide grant funding for over half a million social homes. The Treasury will be handing the Bank of England over £130bn by 2030 to help pay a stealth subsidy to bankers, money that could fund over half a million new social homes, the New Economics Foundation has warned.
Paul Johnson writing for the Times and reproduced at Institute for Fiscal Studies. Rachel Reeves gives herself so little room for manoeuvre that she creates costly uncertainty when the choice is obvious: raise taxes or cut spending.
Leading figures across the food system have today joined the Government to advise on its food strategy (21 March). Britain is known for its top-tier restaurants, talented chefs, skilled farmers, and a remarkable mix of cultural and traditional dishes that are celebrated globally.
dditional investment of £24 million through an innovative programme to deliver affordable homes across Scotland will see total funding in the scheme reach half a billion pounds. Started in 2014, the Charitable Bonds scheme provides loans to housing associations to build properties for social rent, while also generating additional funds for the Scottish Government's affordable housing budget.
Great British Energy's first project will put rooftop solar panels on 200 schools and 200 hospitals - cutting energy bills. First major project for Great British Energy is to put rooftop solar panels on around 200 schools and 200 NHS sites, saving hundreds of millions on their energy bills.
Speech delivered by Martin Coleman, Inquiry Chair of the CMA's market investigation into veterinary services for household pets. I have owned dogs and cats for many years - I currently have a sprocker spaniel - and know from my own experience that veterinary professionals are caring, highly skilled.
Businesses in the tourism sector and its supply chain in the Highland Council area are being encouraged to secure a place on the Digital Tourism Support Programme. The programme is offering support to eligible businesses and social enterprises of up to three days of free, personalised, one-to-one digital advice from industry experts.
A new national forest stretching from the Cotswolds to the Mendips is set to be created, the government has announced. The Western Forest will see 20 million trees set to be planted across the West of England in the coming decades, creating at least 2,500 hectares of new woodland.
The government borrowed £10.7 billion in February, significantly above the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast of £6.5 billion, highlighting the perilous state of the public finances confronting the Chancellor ahead of her Spring Statement, the Resolution Foundation said. The latest ONS data shows that the UK's weak economic performance is showing up in the public finances - with central government tax receipts now £11.4 billion below the OBR forecast 11 months into the financial year, and overall borrowing £20.4 billion higher than forecast.
Access to higher education at university for Scottish students from the most deprived areas has increased to a near record high, official figures have shown. The latest Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) figures for 2023-24 show that 16.7% of full-time first degree entrants to Scottish universities came from the nation's 20% most deprived areas.
The TRA has initiated a transition review into an anti-dumping measure on ammonium nitrate from Russia. The TRA will be reviewing the anti-dumping measure transitioned from the EU to determine whether it is still suitable for the UK's needs.
People across the UK will benefit from upgraded sports facilities in their local area thanks to £100 million invested by government today. Major package to upgrade hundreds of local grassroots sports facilities with new and improved pitches, changing rooms, goalposts and floodlights.
A Bill designed to create jobs and drive economic growth across Scotland by promoting investment in communities has been published today. The Community Wealth Building Bill is the first of its kind in the world and would require councils, National Health Service boards and other public bodies to take forward measures which boost their local economies.
New figures released show the impact of UK sanctions on Russia. New data released on 21 March reveals the full effect of UK sanctions on Russia - with over £25 billion of Russian assets reported frozen since Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.
