Report warns of a lost ‘covid generation’, with youth unemployment at risk of reaching...

Hopes of a V-shaped recovery have given way to reality of a U-shaped crisis, with young adults and young pensioners most likely to have...

Half a million people left in the lurch as grants for the self-employed now...

New analysis by Labour reveals the half a million self-employed people working in struggling sectors being left in the lurch by the government 177,000 people...

Office for Statistics Regulation calls for UK governments to provide more transparency around COVID...

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today issued a statement which urges all UK governments to address the way they communicate important COVID-19...

An estimated £7.8 billion worth of hospitality trading is set to be wiped out,...

Under the new tier system announced today, 98% of the UK’s hospitality trade will now take place in tier 2 and 3 regions, according...

Report slams Government responses to the Covid crisis over misunderstanding and use of “follow...

Ministers must improve the way they use and communicate science advice or risk repeating mistakes made during the coronavirus crisis according to a report...

The Government’s flagship levelling up ambition will fail unless Ministers take concerted action to...

The Government’s flagship levelling up ambition will fail unless Ministers take concerted action to invest in and empower fraying communities after the pandemic according...

Government must get vaccine rollout right and to all key workers says union

Essential key workers including shop workers, school staff and those in utilities must be prioritised in the vaccine rollout to stop the spread of...

No way to identify all those who needed to shield at start of pandemic...

40 per cent of clinically extremely vulnerable people were only told to shield after the peak of the first Covid wave, a report out...

Government launches consultation on Martyn’s law

The government has set out its proposals on a new Protect Duty; a legal requirement for public places to ensure preparedness for and protection...

Slump in clothes prices causes inflation dip

The biggest annual drop in clothing prices since 2009 and cheaper second-hand cars, toys and computer games saw inflation fall in February The annual rate...