A new school has become the first of 12 projects to reach financial close after getting the go ahead by Deputy First Minister John Swinney The new £25m Ayr Academy in South Ayrshire, being built under the hub funding model, will now begin construction later this month. Mr Swinney gave the green light for ten […]

Prime Minister David Cameron is set to announce that some of the country’s most run-down housing estates will be replaced with attractive and safe homes. As part of a new line of measures to end poverty and improve the life chances of the most disadvantaged, the UK government will work with 100 housing estates across the […]

A new programme to initially help more than 5,900 people recovering from substance misuse and mental health conditions into employment will be set up in Wales thanks to a multi-million pound EU funding boost. The £7.2m programme, which includes more than £4.8m from the European Social Fund through the Welsh Government, aims to support more […]

The Department for Work and Pensions has strengthened its oversight and management of contracted-out health and disability assessments, but it has not yet achieved value for money according to a report from the National Audit Office. The Department uses health and disability assessments to help decide if people are eligible for benefits or to help […]

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has arrived in Tokyo for important talks on deepening the security and defence partnership between the UK and Japan. North Korea’s recent nuclear test, which has prompted widespread international condemnation and heightened tensions in the Far East, will be top of the agenda. In the second Japan-UK Foreign and Defence Ministerial […]

Leading British businesses, engineers and experts will come together in a new national innovation centre in Wales focussed on compound semiconductors, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced bringing vital investment and jobs to the area. On a visit to Cardiff University ahead of a major speech on the UK and Welsh economies, Mr Osborne […]

Government partnership with the automotive industry has created or protected 15,000 jobs and attracted over £1 billion of foreign investment. The government’s partnership with the automotive industry, the Automotive Investment Organisation (AIO), has created or protected 15,000 jobs in the auto sector 3 months ahead of its March 2016 target. Since the AIO was established […]

HS2 Ltd is recruiting an independent Construction Commissioner to look into any complaints during the building of Britain’s new high speed rail network. With building work scheduled to start in 2017 on the London to West Midlands leg of HS2, a commissioner is being recruited to impartially investigate any issues that arise during construction of […]

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have worked together to create the e-learning module which will help more than 4,000 central government procurers root out attempts to win contracts through anti-competitive conduct.  In 2013/14 the UK public sector spent £242 billion on procurement of goods and services. Evidence suggests […]