The Department for Education ‘lacks a coherent plan’ to meet teacher recruitment goals, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
Economics, government & business
-
-
A critical shortage of skilled workers is jeopardising the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.
-
The Home Office did not have control of the skilled worker visa route after the Covid pandemic, say MPs on the public accounts committee.
-
The government has published an ‘implementation roadmap’ for the Employment Rights Bill, confirming that, once the Bill has made it...
-
Shoe retailer Clarks has cut more than 1,200 jobs after sales plummeted by almost £100 million in its most recent...
-
Entry-level opportunities have taken a significant hit, dropping by nearly a third since the advent of widely available generative AI tools at the end of 2022.
-
The government’s welfare bill has been altered as prime minister Keir Starmer sets out to gain the backing of more...
-
The government needs to step up efforts to boost student enrolment and employer engagement with T-Levels if the qualification is to achieve its intended impact
-
BoE: Signs the UK jobs market is slowing because employers are adjusting hiring and salary in response to higher employers' NIC.
-
Thousands of jobs in the UK are at stake over the potential loss of a bioethanol business in Hull because of deals struck between the US and the UK.
-
The Employment Rights Bill is unlikely to become law until at least the autumn as it remains subject to amendments in the House of Lords.Â
-
The median pay award in the UK remained steady at 3% in May, with public sector pay awards outstripping the private sector.
-
New graduates coming into the jobs’ market this summer will face a real bun fight, research has warned, with graduate...
-
Amazon investment in UK totals £40bn between 2025 and 2027, creating thousands of new jobs, mainly outside of London and the South East.
-
Decision to cut Level 7 apprenticeship levy funding for those aged over 21 will cost employers around £214m in additional training costs.