Take it from someone with ADHD – we’re not all lazy attention-seekers April 17, 2024 ADHD is the perfect target for today's media, but calling the surge in diagnoses a "trend" won't help today's workforce, writes Simon Neville.
100 road traffic officers for National Highways launch strike today January 3, 2023 More than 100 road traffic officers and control room operators working for National Highways across England will launch a 48-hour strike on Tuesday. The walkout by members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) is part of industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay, pensions and jobs. Around 100,000 PCS members working in 124 [...]
Alistair Darling dies aged 70: Heartfelt tributes paid to ‘one of the great chancellors’ November 30, 2023 Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling has died aged 70, his family have confirmed.
We’re instinctively afraid of Big Things, but we don’t need to break up the Home Office January 25, 2023 Whether its Big Government or Big Tech, we have an innate fear of anything too large or unwieldy. But breaking things up - or making them smaller - won't in itself fix problems in the system, writes Sascha O'Sullivan.
Tories turn up the heat on Ofwat as Thames Water scrambles for £1bn in funds June 28, 2023 A front-bench member of the cabinet has raised concerns over the future of Thames Water, amid its desperate bid for funds from investors.
Londoners face more disruption as new tube strike is confirmed for 21 June June 8, 2022 Londoners will need to brace themselves for more disruption as the RMT union has announced that 10,000 of its tube workers will walk out on 21 June. RMT members working for London Underground cited a dispute over pensions and job losses as the main reason behind the walkout. The strike is the latest disruption to [...]
Fraud crackdown saves £400m for public purse, enough for 130k people’s healthcare December 6, 2022 The government’s fraud-fighting efforts have saved more than £400m, enough to cover 130,000 people’s healthcare. New figures released by the cabinet office show the cash was kept in the coffers thanks to new state-of-the-art data matching technology. The fraud clampdown comes after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in the Autumn statement, the UK would set aside [...]
Labour warns UK has only half the childcare places it needs, as party demands urgent reform to support working parents March 8, 2023 The UK has only half the childcare places it needs, Labour has warned, with one in five providers haveing closed in the last five years. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson is set to lay out her party’s plans to reform the sector today and has vowed improvements will be her “first priority in government”. “The [...]
Government launches SMR competition to revive nuclear’s role in UK energy mix July 18, 2023 Government ambitions to boost nuclear's flagging role in the country's energy mix will be supported with a new industry vehicle.
Tech investors sound alarm over five ‘urgent issues’ choking UK innovation February 15, 2023 A group of top tech investors and entrepreneurs have piled pressure on the newly appointed science and tech minister to address “urgent issues” choking off growth in the UK’s innovation sectors.