Shingle to be sprayed onto Pevensey Bay for annual top-up
Shingle will be sprayed from a specialist vessel onto the shoreline at high tides over several weeks. HM GovernmentSource
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Holnicote Estate combines management strategies to control local deer and grey squirrel populations
Read how Holnicote Estate has combined different management strategies to optimise tree protection across 600 hectares of diverse woodland. HM GovernmentSource
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New UK scholarship stream launched for Small Island Developing States
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has launched a master’s scholarship stream to boost resilience and prosperity among Commonwealth small islands. HM GovernmentSource
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Charity Commission CEO David Holdsworth visits South Wales charities
Welsh charity makes use of funds through the regulator’s Revitalising Trusts programme. HM GovernmentSource
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Bank of England show to remember lost splendours of Sir John Soane building
Exhibition explores Bank’s former grandeur and its rebuilding under Sir Herbert Baker that began 100 years ago A century ago the wrecking ball demolished the halls, courtyards, arches and domes of one of London’s best-loved buildings in what the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner would decry as “the greatest
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Treasury should tax big banks on quantitative easing windfalls, argues thinktank
IPPR says Rachel Reeves should also urge Bank to halt bond sales to reduce government losses of £22bn a year Rachel Reeves should levy a new bank tax and urge the Bank of England to halt bond sales to reduce the government’s £22bn-a-year losses from quantitative easing, the
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George Osborne says UK has been left behind in cryptocurrency boom
Ex-chancellor criticises hesitant approach to crypto and warns country in danger of missing next surge in market Business live – latest updates The UK has been left behind in the cryptocurrency boom and is in danger of missing a second wave of demand, according to the former chancellor
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Thousands of sick and disabled people to get life-changing support into work
Thousands of sick or disabled people will be helped into good, secure jobs following a major expansion of tailored employment support announced by the Department for Work and Pensions today [Thursday 04 September] HM GovernmentSource
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Claire Waxman OBE appointed as Victims’ Commissioner
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has approved the appointment of Claire Waxman OBE as Victims’ Commissioner. HM GovernmentSource
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UK faces ‘acute challenge’ from weak growth and shrinking workforce, says Andrew Bailey
Bank of England governor tells Jackson Hole summit that ageing population is adding to the squeeze Britain faces an “acute challenge” from its weak underlying economic growth and a drop in the number of workers since the pandemic, according to the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey. A
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