Employment contract.

British defence firms will get government priority for investment under a new strategy to boost economic growth, bolster British jobs, and strengthen national security.

New statistics have been released which show that the Scottish Government’s five family payments have payed out over £1billion to famil

The Child Poverty Taskforce has met for the first time in Scotland.

New controls on the use of consultancies across government are being brought in to cut unnecessary spending.

Winners of a £1.4 million competition to transform the transport sector have been announced by the Department for Transport.

New technologies, like AI for better treatments in the NHS and drones delivering emergency supplies, could reach the public faster through a dedicated new office.

To mark Challenge Poverty Week, the Scottish government has announced the introduction of the Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund.

The projects to benefit from funding support the aims of the Child Poverty Strategy which outlines how the government will work with partners and organisations to tackle the issue.

The government has formally launched the 2025/26 pay process for the Armed Forces, NHS workers, teachers, police officers, prison service staff, the NCA and senior public sector staff. 

HM Treasury has announced that Nina Hingorani-Crain has been reappointed as a non-executive director to the Board of NS&I.

A new Floods Resilience Taskforce to boost the development of flood defences and bolster the nation’s resilience to extreme weather has convened for the first time.

Transport secretary, Louise Haigh, has announced that the government will no longer fund the clean vehicle retrofit accreditation scheme. 

Georgia Gould, parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office has announced that the new regime under the Procurement Act will now go live on 24 February 2025

The government has classed UK data centres – the buildings which store much of the data generated in the UK – as ‘Critical Nation

The new law means that Wales is set to be the first part of the UK to have automatic enrolment to the voting register.

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