Economist Tejvan Pettinger looking at UK house prices. A look at the costs of the UK housing market on affordability, equality and the economy.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) latest figures show commercial vehicles sales have risen again in April. CV production grows 33.3% to 10,504 units in April, marking the month's best performance since 2010 and an uplift after two months of successive decline.
Schemes offering people shares in their employer are set for a shake up as the government explores changes that will help boost business growth, supporting the Prime Minister's priority to grow the economy. Simplified schemes offering people shares in their employer set to support business growth.
Battery electric car choice quadruples over past five years to support Britain's world leading zero emission ambition. Every class of vehicle now available as an electric option - from super small urban commuter runarounds to family cars and luxury saloons.
A commitment to a ‘cash-first' approach to tackling food insecurity is at the heart of a new plan to reduce the need for people to turn to food banks. The plan, which is the first of its kind in the UK and is underpinned by human rights, sets out nine actions which will be taken over the next three years to improve responses to food insecurity.
More than 5,000 asylum seekers will be accommodated on vessels and in alternative sites to drive down the cost of expensive hotels. The announcement is the latest step in the government's ongoing work to slash the number of hotels being used for asylum seekers, which currently costs the UK taxpayer £6million a day.
UK ministers have attended the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore this week. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office (FCDO) Minister of State, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, met with global leaders in Singapore for the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue this week.
The UK has been conducting major multi-domain training activity in Estonia throughout May, exercising alongside more than 10,000 personnel from 11 NATO countries. RAF Typhoon fighter jets and Army Air Corps Apache helicopters concluded a training exercise off the coast of Estonia on Friday, in which they practiced firing their heavy machine guns and advanced missiles at targets in the sea.
The Scottish Government has published its latest projections for the Scottish Prisons Population. The following are extracts from the report with a link to the full report at the bottom of this page.
Events in Tallinn looked at how the cyber and electromagnetic domain plays a vital role in peacetime and crisis, including its impact on the war in Ukraine. Cyber and electromagnetic domain experts and leaders came together in Tallinn at the Cyber Commanders' Forum and CyCon 2023.
Minister Leo Docherty will visit Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to reinforce UK support for Central Asia as a close and valued partner. Leo Docherty visits Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to reinforce UK support for the region.
Termination of pregnancy statistics - year ending December 2022. The termination rate in Scotland between 2021 and 2022 rose by almost a fifth (19%).
First Minister Humza Yousaf has written to the Prime Minister urging him to revoke the UK Government's rejection of glass in Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) by Monday next week (5th June). The First Minister said the UK Government’s demands, including the removal of glass from DRS, would impact the environment, detrimentally affect businesses based in Scotland, and threaten the viability of the scheme.
Figures collated by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) show that the agency approved more than £5.37m investment across Caithness and Sutherland in the financial year 2022-23. The funding is helping a wide range of projects to progress that will support economic growth and business diversification, community resilience and job creation.
The UK must - and can - urgently reform its £32 billion of road taxes so that the welcome transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) does not put pressure on the public finances and road congestion, according to new research published today (Thursday) by the Resolution Foundation. Where the rubber hits the road - the 36th report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry, funded by the Nuffield Foundation - notes that the UK's transition away from fossil-fuel-powered cars is proceeding faster than many experts predicted, with EVs accounting for one-in-seven new cars bought last year.
Many people see gardening as a relaxing pastime - an easygoing way to spend hours outdoors when the weather's nice. But as a consultant in emergency medicine, I deal with all manner of medical emergencies and injuries arising from what may appear to be a harmless hobby.
Third sector organisations are to be paid a fee for helping provide supporting information for people applying for Child Disability Payment or Adult Disability Payment. The £33.50 fee will be paid when they are asked by Social Security Scotland to complete a supporting information request form.
A multinational exercise at the MOD Hebrides Range in Scotland last month saw 4,000 service personnel from 13 nations hone their skills and connect with allies. Exercise FORMIDABLE SHIELD, designed to test the ballistic missile defence capabilities of NATO and its partner nations, highlighted how integration between platforms and nations can be a significant advantage in the battlespace.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is proposing a form of price caps on basic food items like milk and bread to slow their price increases. This is likely to set maximum prices which sellers are not allowed to exceed, though it appears it would be voluntary.
England Over 1 million NHS staff to receive pay rises from today. Eligible workers on the Agenda for Change contract, which includes nurses, paramedics and 999 call handlers, will receive the pay rise, backdated to April.
