Delivering on his Plan for Change, the Prime Minister will use his trip to the Gulf to drive investment into cities and regions across the UK. Jobs boost in north of England following launch of world first new Graphene-enriched carbon fibre plant project in Saudi Arabia.
A community group in the Scottish Borders has been given £595,500 by the Scottish Land Fund to buy an area of land in their village. Broughtonknowe Community Woodland Ltd will purchase 55.85 ha of woodland in Broughton in order to continue using it as an amenity green space and to increase biodiversity on the site.
UK and Switzerland update science and research partnership to focus on some of today's most pressing challenges, from healthcare to green energy. UK and Switzerland update science and research partnership to focus on some of today's most pressing challenges, from healthcare to green energy.
ScotRail is reminding customers that its timetable will change on Sunday, 15 December, and they should check their journeys before travelling. Most of the timetable alterations are minor, with the vast majority of routes retaining the same level of service that's in place just now.
The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is an annual survey of the general population in Scotland, carried out since 1999. It collects information on a range of topics through a random sample of people in private residences.
The Minister of State for Development Anneliese Dodds will announce measures to drive growth in Africa, including educational support in Malawi and green growth projects in Zambia. Anneliese Dodds to announce measures to drive growth in Africa, including educational support in Malawi and green growth projects in Zambia.
Housing Minister Paul McLennan visited an affordable housing development in East Lothian to highlight plans in the draft Budget for next year to increase funding for the Affordable Housing Supply Programme. The investment could see the total budget for delivering affordable homes rise to £768 million in 2025-26 - an increase of more than £200 million compared to this year's published budget.
Rachel Reeves calls for business-like relationship with the EU to drive more trade, support businesses and boost economic growth that benefits working people. Chancellor to put making working people better off at the heart of economic reset with the EU.
UK and US launch £40.5 million joint fusion project with Tokamak Energy to advance clean energy technology that will unlock near-unlimited clean power. New project to strengthen UK and US partnership on fusion energy key step towards unlocking near-unlimited clean power technology to strengthen energy security and create new jobs.
Revised Workforce Plan to be unveiled in summer, ensuring we train necessary staff and provide the NHS with stability and certainty to plan into the future. The Government and NHS will unveil a refreshed Workforce Plan in the summer with a laser-focus on shifting care from hospitals and into the community, as we work to get the NHS back on its feet and fit for the future.
More than one in four children (27 per cent - 1.1 million in total) in poverty would not have been living below the poverty line in recent years (2022-23) were it not for high housing costs - a sign the Government must prioritise tackling housing unaffordability in its upcoming Child Poverty Strategy, says new Resolution Foundation research published on Saturday 7 December 2024. The Foundation's Housing Outlook Q4 2024 reveals that high housing costs are felt most acutely by those living in the private rented sector (PRS).
A look at the current state of the housing market and what might happen in 2025. Are prices set to keep rising?.
An additional 15,000 unpaid carers will be supported to take short breaks away from their caring responsibilities as a result of a £5 million boost to the Voluntary Sector Short Breaks Fund. The extra funding, set out in the draft Budget, brings the total investment to £13 million for 2025-26.
The maternity issue for Caithness and the north sparked another debate in the Scottish Parliament putting pressure on John Swinney and the SNP to fix the problem. Suggestions to follow the Orkney model of care for mums originally suggested by Caithness Health Action Group were thrown in.
The government's own data on fraud suggests it loses £58.8 billion a year, but that’s bound to be understated as there are no systems to detect fraud in two thirds of government activity. What is going on?.
The Russian rouble dropped to 110 against the US dollar on November 27, its lowest level since the start of the war in Ukraine. It has since rallied slightly, but the rouble is still down by 8% against the dollar over the past month.
At face value, the government's approach to "get Britain working" marks a pointed departure from the toxic anti-welfare rhetoric of recent decades. Both Keir Starmer and his work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, have been at pains to distance themselves from on-off moral panics about "scroungers" that stretch back to the 1970s.
"The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer" is a slogan of at least 200 years' standing, and one that feels apt in today's Britain of burgeoning foodbanks and bumper executive bonuses. Indeed, most people who worry about wealth inequality would take it as read that it's been getting worse.
ScotRail is clamping down on people who deliberately try to avoid paying the correct fare for their journey. The train operator is taking further steps to tackle ticket fraud through a series of visible and behind-the-scenes initiatives which aim to minimise ticketless travel, safeguard public money, and improve the overall customer experience.
Businesses are already being radically transformed by artificial intelligence (AI). Tools now exist that offer instantaneous, high-quality results in improving certain operations without the burden of high costs or delays.
