Millions of UK workers will receive a pay rise as the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rise comes into effect.
According to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, approximately 2.5 million people will benefit from the uplift in wages. The largest ever increase to the National Living Wage. It will put £1,000 a year more into full-time workers’ pay packets, helping to ease cost of living pressures.

Belfast, Dublin, the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester have formed a partnership to develop practical approaches to accelerate net-zero commitments.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has launched a new Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan informed by victims and survivors.
Aligned closely to the recent Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the plan sets a clear ambition of prioritising the prevention of these awful crimes, supporting victims and pursuing perpetrators.
Some 2.3 million people in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse in the last year and around one in five homicides are related to domestic abuse.

Hundreds of cultural organisations have received a share of the final £35 million emergency support package from the Culture Recovery Fund.

Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council are seeking a combined devolution deal.

New Cabinet Office guidance has called for the public sector to urgently review contracts with Russian and Belarusian companies.

More than £3.4 billion was saved in 2020/21 through successful efforts to improve efficiency across Whitehall.

A fleet of 124 new environmentally friendly hydrogen fuelled buses will be taking to the streets of the West Midlands.

The government will ‘name and shame’ failing social housing providers as part of major reforms to give residents a stronger voice.