BRC: Warmer May helps retail sales
Responding to the latest ONS Retail Sales Index figures, which showed sales up 2.1% by value, and up 1.2% by volume, Kris Hamer, Director of Insight at the British Retail Consortium, said...
Friday, 21 June 2024 09:33
ONS: Retail Sales; Great Britain: May 2024
A first estimate of retail sales in volume and value terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted...
Friday, 21 June 2024 08:33
IFS: Cuts to council services likely unless cost pressures abate – even with the biggest council tax increases for 20 years
Despite the evident pressures facing councils, the main parties’ manifestos were almost silent on English local government funding (local government funding is a devolved matter in the rest of the UK)...
Friday, 21 June 2024 00:01
Labour announces new ten-year research and development budgets to ‘deliver the kind of jobs we want for our kids in the industries of the future’ - Angela Rayner
Labour will today (Friday) announce that new ten-year budgets for British research and development will deliver high-quality jobs in engineering, research and construction, and the sectors that will unlock wealth creation and economic growth for Britain...
Thursday, 20 June 2024 22:30
Written Statement (Wales): Review of non-domestic rates reliefs - Jun 20
Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: In 2022, I made a statement setting out a programme of non-domestic rates reform for the current Senedd term...
Thursday, 20 June 2024 15:30
Nearly £50 billion invested in Scotland in government priorities
Funding to support the NHS, reduce carbon emissions and help tackle poverty...
Thursday, 20 June 2024 15:28
New support guides for adults in Northern Ireland with sensory disabilities launched
The Department of Health has launched two new guides to support adults with sensory disabilities in Northern Ireland...
Thursday, 20 June 2024 15:26
Wales Early Years Minister launches anti-racist guidance for childcare settings
Early Years Minister Jayne Bryant has welcomed guidance aimed at creating an anti-racist culture in childcare settings in Wales during a launch event in North Wales...
Thursday, 20 June 2024 15:25
NEU comments on SEND school census data
Commenting on a new data release from the Department for Education about special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision, Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Thursday, 20 June 2024 14:33
New temporary bus lanes coming into operation in Belfast
New temporary bus lanes will come into operation in Belfast from Monday 1 July...
Thursday, 20 June 2024 13:41