– Wages surpass inflation for the 17th consecutive month – UK employment rate at joint record high 76.1%, as number in work reaches 32.8 million – 1.9 million more women in work since 2010, as ethnic minority employment level/rate soars to new record high –
Universities that fail to deliver in the best interests of students could now face financial penalties of up to £500,000 as the final suite of powers for the sector regulator came into force this week. Since launching in 2018, the OfS has already taken great
A new £2 million pilot innovation fund to support public interest journalism in the UK, following recommendations in the Cairncross Review. Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced a new £2 million pilot innovation fund to support public interest journalism in the UK, following recommendations in
Leading Manchester figures are set to be celebrated in an all new Power 100 list. The list dubbed Manchester Power 100 has been launched today and is now open for nominations from the general public who wish to put anyone forward. The Manchester Power 100
GMB LONDON WELCOME CLARION HOUSING DECISION TO CANCEL DEMOLITION PROPOSAL OF SUTTON ESTATE CHELSEA AFTER CAMPAIGN BY RESIDENTS AND UNIONS We salute the residents of the Sutton Estate in their fight to retain social housing in Chelsea, says GMB London GMB welcome Clarion Housing’s decision
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced that a programme to tag knife crime offenders with a tracking device on release from prison is to be expanded across almost every London borough to cut reoffending. A pilot has been trialled since February, which
GMB CALL ON TFL TO CLARIFY WHETHER PRIVATE HIRE DRIVERS INSURANCE POLICIES COVER THEM TO ACT AS COURIERS Requests for clarity are important and save the taxpayer from cases that can be brought against the regulator when things go wrong, says GMB London GMB have
Up to 40 new areas will benefit from £15 million to expand promising innovative approaches to keeping families safely together. Children at risk of being taken into care are set to benefit from programmes that tackle the root cause of family problems, by strengthening the
Fake news that’s been doing the rounds since 1965: “Middlesex doesn’t exist.” Even Jeremy Vine expressed his surprise on Twitter when someone told him this fake fact. The 1960s were notorious for Brutalism on many levels from architecture to politics. Here’s the facts: when the
The Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Fiona Twycross, and the London Fire Commissioner, Dany Cotton, are calling on the Government to tighten up building regulations to prioritise the need for sprinklers and address the shortage of skilled fire engineers. Although Dame Judith Hackitt’s review