Young care leavers to gain work on major UK construction projects
Young people with experience of the care system are set to benefit from new training, work placements and employment opportunities on some of Britain’s largest construction and infrastructure projects under a major industry initiative launched by leading employers.
New partnership to bring table tennis to more people living with Parkinson’s
A new national partnership has been launched to help more people living with Parkinson’s across
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£260m for next phase of Trees for Climate programme
The scheme will add another 9,323 hectares of woodland across England between now and 2030.
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National Planning Policy Framework does not include provision for valued landscapes
Major Changes to Britain’s planning system are long overdue, but experts warn vital protections for
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Brits underestimate daily water use by 100 litres per person
Just one-in-10 UK adults has a reasonable understanding of how much they take and waste
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Environment Agency to prosecute Southern Water and former staff
Administrative Court says EA can proceed with charges of conspiracy to defraud by water utility and its former employees,
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Andy Burnham’s plan for No 10 North
Statement from government on plans to change the ‘geography of government’ to ’empower local leaders’. New
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Monsoons in South Asia affected by improved air quality
A new study suggests that as countries across Asia clean up their air, the South Asian summer monsoon, upon which over a billion people depend for water and agriculture, is likely to strengthen. But the size and even the direction of that change depends heavily on which country is doing the cleaning up.
Council worker sentenced for accessing sensitive information
A Herefordshire council employee who unlawfully viewed hundreds of sensitive records – including those of
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Alex Norris appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Andy Burnham’s first cabinet has seen Alex Norris appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State
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Legal aid shortages threaten fair trials, MPs warn
A growing shortage of legal aid lawyers and rising numbers of people representing themselves in
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Legal reforms to unblock building in Britain
New plans to restrict weak judicial review challenges are being formulated to help speed up
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Andy Burnham disbands DSIT
Tech and innovation are not separate sectors of the economy, says new government, but the
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AI to free police from paperwork in major disclosure overhaul
Disclosure rules written before smartphones existed are to be overhauled in a major reform that
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Editor's Pick
Review: A British Childhood by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The Children’s Laureate’s powerful account of how we’re failing children – and what we can do to address that. This moving, insightful account
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Editor's Pick
Heavy breathing: the many faces of lead air pollution
It has been 26 years since the UK Government finally removed leaded petrol from sale.
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