Country continues to be levelled-up as foreign investment creates thousands of jobs, including in manufacturing, life sciences and tech. Tens of thousands of new jobs are being created across the UK thanks to billions of pounds of foreign investment, helping the Government's priority to grow the economy and levelling-up across the UK.
Report concludes policy has saved lives and cut hospital admissions. Drugs and Alcohol Policy Minister Elena Whitham has welcomed research from Public Health Scotland which concludes that Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) has saved lives, reduced hospital admissions and had a ‘positive impact' on health.
BOE Governor Andrew Bailey said Thursday's interest rate rise was necessary to continue the fight against stubbornly high inflation. Official figures published ahead of the BOE's meeting showed annual inflation rose by 8.7% in May, exceeding expectations.
Energy-intensive businesses and heat network operators have a month left to apply for government support that could see wholesale energy bills slashed by as much as a fifth. Energy and trade intensive businesses have a month to claim additional support to keep their energy bills down.
Local housing allowance (LHA) rates - which govern the maximum amount of support for their rent that low-income private renters can get - have been frozen in cash terms since April 2020. But rents for new lets have increased by more than a fifth on average.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June 27th) sold 23 Prime Cattle. Prime Bullocks (10) averaged 275.6p per kg (-0.7p) and sold to 285.0p per kg and £2,041.30 gross.
The latest reconviction statistics for the 2019-20 offender cohort have been published today by Scotland's Chief Statistician. This is the first year that reconviction data affected by the COVID-19 pandemic has been published.
Amendments to legislation incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will deliver a clear, coherent and workable Bill that provides some valuable protections for the rights of children in Scotland. The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill was passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament in 2021 but certain provisions within it were later ruled outwith the parliament's legislative competence at the Supreme Court.
There were 23,512 all-sector new build homes completed in Scotland in the year to end March 2023, according to quarterly statistics on housebuilding and affordable housing supply published today by Scotland's Chief Statistician. This is an increase of 9% (1,897 homes) on the 21,615 completions in the previous year, and the highest annual figure to end March since 2008.
Confidence in China's post-COVID recovery has started to waver over the past week after the world's second-largest economy reported disappointing figures for two of the major drivers of its economy: property and exports. In response, China's central bank is taking the opposite approach to western counterparts like the Bank of England by cutting its main interest rates to try to stimulate investment in its economy.
Scotland's National Event in Glasgow attended by The Scottish Secretary, Alister Jack. Events are being held across the United Kingdom, including in Scotland, to celebrate Armed Forces Day (Saturday 24 June 2023), highlighting the work that the UK Armed Forces do in keeping the people of the United Kingdom safe.
Armed Forces of Ukraine Personnel are learning life-saving medical techniques and strategies for providing battlefield trauma care. 49 Armed Forces of Ukraine Personnel are learning life-saving medical techniques and strategies for providing battlefield trauma care.
Consumer price inflation stuck at 8.7% in May, defying expectations of a slowdown and making a further rise in UK interest rates inevitable. The May figures came out the day before the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was due to meet to discuss changing the UK base rate.
A targeted lung cancer screening programme for England designed to catch cancer sooner has been announced. Targeted lung cancer screening to help detect cancer sooner and speed up diagnosis.
House prices in the UK fell by 3.4% in the last year, the biggest annual fall in nearly 14 years. The inflation-adjusted average house price is now what it was in 2014.
NATO have scrambled the jets six times in the last three weeks, intercepting 21 Russian aircraft in the last 21 days. Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters providing Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) aircraft for the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission in Estonia have been scrambled to respond to Russian aircraft 21 times in the last 21 days.
The Highland Council are pleased to announce that between now and the end of July local communities will notice new 20mph speed limit signage being installed replacing, where relevant, the existing 30mph signage. Councillor Ken Gowans, Chair of the Council Economy and Infrastructure Committee said: "I am delighted so see the signage for this 20mph programme now appearing in our communities.
Land managers will be given more powers to help control Scotland's rapidly growing deer population after updated rules were introduced to Parliament this week. The changes to existing laws will make it easier to reduce unsustainable deer numbers in order to protect plant life and boost rewilding efforts.
Torsten Bell writing for the Resolution Foundation sets out the issues facing mortgage payers and what the government might do. The thirteenth interest rate rise in succession is a lot more than unlucky for mortgagors.
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