Roadmap unveiled to boost rights for half of all UK workers and provide certainty to employers
Government publishes the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap, setting out timelines for measures in the Bill coming into effect. HM GovernmentSource
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Statement on behalf of the 14th Tata Steel / Port Talbot Transition Board
The fourteenth Tata Steel / Port Talbot Transition Board met on 26th June 2025. HM GovernmentSource
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Laptop recycling at Sellafield helps to bridge the digital divide
A collaborative laptop recycling scheme, is helping to bridge the digital divide across our local communities. HM GovernmentSource
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Under new management: Pevensey Bay scheme to protect community
Responsibility for 8.5km of frontage returns to Environment Agency after 25 years with a plan to better protect 3,000 properties – eventually rising to 18,000. HM GovernmentSource
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Regulatory Innovation Office to help streamline regulation, helping UK’s world-leading fintech sector
Regulatory Innovation Office to partner with Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum to cut red tape, and support fintech innovation, fuelling government plan for Plan for Change. HM GovernmentSource
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Three groups to be proscribed
Palestine Action, Maniacs Murder Cult and Russian Imperial Movement set to be banned following advice from cross-government experts. HM GovernmentSource
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Rachel Reeves must rethink how tax and spend decisions are made after welfare U-turn | Heather Stewart
Binary rules and twice-yearly OBR forecasts have turned chancellor’s moves into grim spectator sport There are many lessons for Labour’s bruised leadership from last week’s embarrassing U-turn on welfare cuts, but one is surely that how – and when – fiscal policy is set is not working. Binary
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Bank governor wades into row over Reeves’ focus on fiscal rule forecasts
Andrew Bailey says OBR projections – which the chancellor uses to calculate headroom – shouldn’t be ‘over-interpreted’ The Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, has waded into the controversy over Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules with a warning against “over-interpreting” the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecasts. The chancellor announced
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Bigger than expected inflation jump worsens Bank of England dilemma
Bank torn between calls to cut interest rates to boost growth and need to damp down price rises UK inflation jumps higher than expected to 3.5% Business live – latest updates For households across Britain, April was an awful month. Rising energy bills, broadband costs and the sharpest
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Pace of UK interest rate cuts is too rapid, Bank of England chief economist says
Huw Pill says rate cuts could fuel inflation resurgence and urges colleagues to be cautious before making further cuts Business live – latest updates The pace of UK interest rate cuts has been “too rapid” at a time when pay packet increases remain strong and could fuel a
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