Chancellor on Spending Review: Every pound spent will deliver Plan for Change
Government departments will be expected to find savings and efficiencies in their budgets, in a push to drive out waste in the public sector and…
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Local Government Pension Fund shake up: As college pensions fall under LGPS, how will the new Pension Megafunds be invested?
Earlier this week at the AoC annual conference, Skills Minister, Jacqui Smith announced that FE Colleges will be included in the Local Government Pension Scheme…
National Living Wage will increase from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour from April 2025
Over 3 million workers will receive a pay boost after the Chancellor confirmed the National Living Wage will increase from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour…
Chancellor promises to build environment for small business to succeed
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will call for more investment in small businesses at a summit of top business leaders in No11 this evening.…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces £8 billion Amazon Web Services investment, to support around 14,000 jobs per year
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has today [11 September] confirmed an £8 billion investment from Amazon Web Services which is estimated to support thousands of jobs…
Britain back open for business, Chancellor to tell G20
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will today arrive in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting…
New Chancellor Rachel Reeves reveals new era for economic growth. So is this a heads up on future skills needs?
The Chancellor has today (8 July) promised to take immediate action to fix the foundations of the economy, rebuild Britain and make every part of…
Boost for UK AI as Microsoft unveils £2.5 billion investment in skills and new datacentres
The Chancellor has today hailed Microsoft’s major investment in AI infrastructure and skills as critical for future growth and innovation, boosting the country as a…
Boost for businesses created at universities
The Chancellor is to inject £20 million into universities to foster more ‘spin-out’ companies, firms created using research done in universities. The cash – which…
South Yorkshire named as first UK Investment Zone
Communities in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley are set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and £1.2 billion of investment as part of the…