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Modern slavery referrals increase by 1,400% over five years

Referrals of suspected child victims of modern slavery made by councils in England have soared by 1,400 per cent in five years, according to recently released data. Latest statistics show the ...

Labour calls for targeted support for worst hit businesses as furlough scheme winds down

The Labour Party has called on the government to change their approach to ending the furlough scheme, to better protect employers and workers in particularly hard-hit sectors, including sectors that ...

New regional COVID-19 restrictions for areas in North of England and Leicester

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock last night announced a raft of new regional COVID-19 restrictions on Twitter. These restrictions will cover Greater Manchester, alongside several other areas in ...

Former Johnson advisor calls for the UK to support start-ups around the world

The coronavirus pandemic is calling globalisation into question as businesses focus more on regionalised trade, according to James Sproule, former senior business adviser to Boris Johnson in Downing ...

UK loan scheme to cover small businesses as EU relaxes state aid rules after UK lobbying

The European Commission has relaxed its European Temporary State Aid Framework rules so that small and micro businesses – meaning fewer than 50 employees and turnover less than £9 million – ...

UK to replace agricultural 'greening' programme post-Brexit

The UK left the EU in January of this year, and the transition period - which temporarily binds the UK to current EU laws during negotiations on the future relationship - is set to end in January ...

Government could ban fast food adverts as part of obesity strategy

The government has announced its new obesity strategy, partly pushed by the impact of obesity on COVID-19 mortality rates. These new proposals would ban TV and online adverts for food that ...

Legal change to allow video-witnesses for wills in England and Wales during lockdown

Currently, the law states that a will must be made ‘in the presence of’ at least two witnesses, as a mechanism to stop coercion or fraud. Under lockdown, this has become an increasingly difficult ...

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Modern slavery referrals increase by 1,400% over five years

Labour calls for targeted support for worst hit businesses as furlough scheme winds down

New regional COVID-19 restrictions for areas in North of England and Leicester

Former Johnson advisor calls for the UK to support start-ups around the world

UK loan scheme to cover small businesses as EU relaxes state aid rules after UK lobbying

UK to replace agricultural 'greening' programme post-Brexit

Government could ban fast food adverts as part of obesity strategy

Legal change to allow video-witnesses for wills in England and Wales during lockdown

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