UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published the UK Food Security Report 2024. The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the UK Food Security Report 2024.
The National Wealth Fund has fuelled 8,600 jobs in the last six months, unlocking almost £1.6 billion of private investment, driving growth across the UK. The Chancellor began work just days into office to establish a new National Wealth Fund (NWF) that would invest in the new industries of the future to create good jobs and opportunity across every part of the country.
Exercise Vigilant Isles begins today with more than 100 UK troops deployed to Japan. Defence Secretary meets Japanese counterpart, setting out UK commitment to Indo-Pacific security. Ministers confirm that next-generation fighter jet programme headquarters will be in Reading, supporting jobs and growth mission.
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has welcomed a deal which will almost restore the workforce lost at the site of the old Michelin tyre factory in Dundee. Advanced textiles manufacturer Wilkie has become the major shareholder in the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc, planning to invest up to £50 million and triple its workforce to 600.
The UK HPI shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. UK house prices rose by 3.3% in the year to November 2024, up from the revised estimate of 3% in the 12 months to October 2024.
Patients using a new service to direct people to the right urgent care service had a mostly positive experience, a new report has found. An evaluation of the Redesign of Urgent Care, which was launched in December 2020, found that people given appointments at A&E or minor injuries via NHS 24 111 reported shorter waits than those who visited A&E without an appointment.
Three Warrington-based Sellafield Ltd graduates and apprentices have won prestigious awards due to their hard work and dedication to their roles. Nathan Willis has won the highly prestigious Whitworth Scholarship Award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Whitworth Society.
The sky-high cost of housing outweighs the relatively low cost of food to make Britain a particularly pricey country for poorer families. Gaps are widening household income gaps between poor British households and their German, Dutch and French counterparts - according to new Resolution Foundation research published on 13 January 2025.
As Brits return to work, thousands are planning to quit their jobs with companies that insist on a full-time return to the office. That could spell trouble for transport & storage sector companies, says the home delivery expert Parcelhero.
£1 million of funding awarded to 16 ed tech companies to build teacher AI tools for feedback and marking, driving high and rising education standards. Kids are set to benefit from a better standard of teaching through more face time with teachers - powered by AI – as the Government sets the country on course to mainline AI into the fabric of society, helping turbocharge our Plan for Change and breaking down the barriers of opportunity.
More than 456,000 people are due to receive inter Heating Payments totalling £26.8 million this winter, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville will tell MSPs today (Tuesday 14th Jan 2025). Updating the Scottish Parliament on support with fuel costs for people on low incomes, Ms Somerville will confirm the Scottish Government is forecast to invest more than £65 million in our three Winter Heating Benefits this year, providing vital support to more than 630,000 people with their energy bills.
The CMA has launched a consultation on its draft Annual Plan for 2025/26, inviting consumers, businesses and investors to help shape its priorities for the year ahead. With a renewed government focus on economic growth, there is an opportunity for the CMA to drive the positive outcomes of effective competition and empowered consumers further and faster to achieve growth, opportunity, and prosperity across the UK.
The government will consult on proposals to protect hospitals, railways and public services from ransomware attacks. UK businesses are set to be protected by new world-leading ransomware proposals to tackle the threat of cybercrime, which is estimated to cost the UK economy billions of pounds every year.
Artificial intelligence will deliver a decade of national renewal, as part of a new plan announced today (13 January 2025). AI to drive the Plan for Change, helping turbocharge growth and boost living standards.
In the UK, apprenticeships and training schemes are often seen as a gateway to skilled careers, providing invaluable hands-on training for service trade professions as varied as plumbing, engineering, accounting and hairdressing. But for many trainees, the financial realities of these programmes are driving them into the informal economy.
Major electromagnetic technology trial demonstrated deception and countermeasures in both offensive and defensive capacities. The future of ‘invisible war' has been trialled by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) using emerging and next generation electromagnetic (EM) concepts.
Update to stay ahead of developing technology and maritime practices. New guidance has been published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) today (Monday 13 January 2025) to support the technological development of digital navigation and its safe use by smaller commercial craft.
Smart data scheme could give people greater control over their energy use and help save money on bills. Households could make more informed choices about their energy usage through a new smart data scheme.
Most of any country's saving is done by its wealthiest people. But because the rich are obsessed with staying rich they save in ways that are unproductive.
Turbulent gilt markets, a devaluing pound and speculation about the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) downgrading its economic forecasts is not the start to 2025 the Chancellor was hoping for. What is causing all the fuss?.
