Spring Statement 2026: OBR Forecast For Unemployment, Now Expected To Peak At 5.3% This Year

Chancellor Rachel Reeves shared her Spring Statement in parliament today. The main messaging from the Chancellor was that she has ‘The right economic plan for Britain‘.…

Chancellor's New Youth Guarantee to Give Paid Work and Skills for NEETs

The announcements also included a new investigations team to go after fraudulent Bounce Back Loan claimants and Public Procurement. Youth Guarantee  Every eligible young person…

Chancellor Confirms Date For The 2025 Budget

Today (Wednesday 3rd September), the Chancellor has confirmed that the date of the Budget will be Wednesday 26 November. Budget to address economy that’s “not…

Government and business put forward “Team UK” approach to unleash defence sector's potential

Plans to deliver jobs across the UK by unlocking the full economic potential of Britain’s defence sector are set to be unveiled today (8 July…

2025 HM Treasury 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy

The soaring maintenance backlog which has left our schools, colleges, hospitals and courts in a state of disrepair will be turned around as part of…

Spending Review 2025: £1.2bn Annual Investment in Skills and Training

Chancellor commits to supporting over one million young people into training and apprenticeships while boosting innovation funding. Chancellor Rachel Reeves today unveiled a transformative £1.2…

1,500 Apprenticeship Opportunities In Nuclear Funding Package, with £14.2 Billion Investment To Build Sizewell C

Ten thousand jobs will be created as the Government announces a £14.2 billion investment to build Sizewell C nuclear plant as part of the Spending…

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…

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…

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…

New Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury appointed

The Cabinet Secretary, with the approval of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, has announced the appointment of Sam Beckett as the new Chief Economic…

Chancellor set to announce ‘back to work’ Budget - Sector Reaction

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to set out the ambition to get hundreds of thousands more people into work in his Budget next week. A…

Government to establish Economic Advisory Council

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has yesterday (Monday 17 October) announced that the government will convene an expert panel of respected economists as…

Chancellor Brings Forward Further Medium-Term Fiscal Plan Measures

The Chancellor of The Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has today (Monday 17 October) brought forward a number of measures from 31 October’s Medium-Term Fiscal Plan. This…

Rishi launches Google Digital Garage nationwide skills training tour

The Chancellor @rishisunak launches @GoogleUK’s #DigitalGarage Skills Training Tour The Chancellor hailed small businesses as the “heart of our economy” today as he set out…

stablecoins officially recognised by UK Government as Rishi sets out plan to make Britain a global cryptoasset technology hub

The government has today (4 Apr) announced moves that will see stablecoins recognised as a valid form of payment as part of wider plans to…

Government scheme that protected millions of jobs with £38 billion of support lent to businesses closes today

The Chancellor has hailed the success of a Covid scheme that provided almost £38 billion of support to some of the UK’s biggest employers during…

Over 100,000 young careers boosted by Kickstart Scheme

Over 100,000 young people across the country have now started jobs through the government’s landmark Kickstart Scheme, it was announced today (Tuesday 16 November). To…

Green Finance, Green Futures: Introducing green finance jobs to school students across the UK

#COP26 – SCHOOLS’ NEW RESOURCE GIVES INSIGHTS INTO FUTURE CAREERS IN CLIMATE FINANCE  When we think about jobs that save the planet, we rarely think…

Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 - Sector Response

The Chancellor @RishiSunak delivered the Autumn #budget and #SpendingReview today (Wednesday 27th October 2021), with a huge focus on levelling up and how the Government…

Delivering on the Conservatives manifesto to raise teacher starting salaries to £30,000

4th Mar 2022: Today (4 Mar), the Department for Education published its evidence to the independent pay review body for teacher pay. This includes proposals for teacher…

Wage boost for millions of low-paid workers

MILLIONS of the UK’s lowest paid workers will benefit from a pay rise next year, as the government takes further action to help the country’s…

New £560 million Multiply programme to be launched providing personalised maths coaching for up to half a million people across the UK

500,000 adults to ace maths with ‘Multiply’  A TRANSFORMATIONAL £560 million scheme to improve the maths skills of hundreds of thousands of adults across the…

Investment in research skills training will support next generation of science leaders, cementing the UK’s status as a science superpower

Prime Minister to host the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to discuss how government, industry and the NHS can continue to work together to tackle emerging…

£500 million Plan for Jobs Expansion plus £3000 Apprenticeship Incentive Extension

Hundreds of thousands of people to be supported as part of the more than £500 million expansion of the government’s #PlanforJobs. The Government is extending its…

Plan for jobs one year on: Chancellor visits Wolverhampton as over a million West Midlands jobs protected through the pandemic

one-year anniversary of #PlanforJobs – with Chancellor @RishiSunak More than a third of the working population and well over a million jobs in the West…