Local government shut out from Brexit preparations

8 August 2019
Local government shut out from Brexit preparations
The Labour Party has raised concerns that local government will not have a seat on the government’s EU Exit Operations Committee.
The claim comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson chose 14 out of 23 cabinet ministers to attend the EU Exit Operations Committee. New Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, will not be present, which Labour says is shutting local government out from crucial Brexit preparations.

665 bike parking spaces could be created in Oxford

7 August 2019
665 bike parking spaces could be created in Oxford
A new report commissioned by Oxford City Council has revealed 665 bike parking spaces could be created in Oxford city centre.
In preparation for national Cycle to Work Day, the report was commissioned by the council from specialists ParkThatBike in response to visibly overloaded bike parking in the city centre and complaints about lack of spaces.

580,000 social work jobs need filling by 2035

6 August 2019
580,000 social work jobs need filling by 2035
The adult social care workforce in England has continued to grow, with a 22 per cent growth in the total number of jobs since 2009.

Regional inequality increasing, finds IFS

6 August 2019
Regional inequality increasing, finds IFS
The IFS has found that London is home to more than half of the UK's population of super-rich, earning more than £680,000 a year.

‘Growing urgency' for Scottish independence

6 August 2019
‘Growing urgency' for Scottish independence
Nicola Sturgeon has claimed that there is ‘growing urgency’ for Scotland to become independent ‘sooner rather than later’.