by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
A Special Council meeting will be held on Wednesday 24 September at 6.30pm to allow all councillors to debate Brighton & Hove City Council’s proposed submission to government on proposals for local government reorganisation (LGR). Click here for more.
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
Over 700 people have engaged in a new, community-led approach to finding work and increasing their earnings as the ‘JobsPlus’ pilot programme involving social housing landlords across England enters its second year. Already, 150 participants have moved...
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
The Chancellor has confirmed that the date of the Budget will be Wednesday 26 November. In a video message, Rachel Reeves said: “Britain’s economy isn’t broken. But I know it’s not working well enough for working people. Bills are high. Getting ahead feels tougher....
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
FE Week is reporting that the government is planning to bring the skills brief out of the Department for Education and move it to a new department. Prime minister Keir Starmer is understood to be moving the skills brief to the Department for Work and Pensions, under a...
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
The Government would like to get more people who are currently on disability benefits back to work but this London School of Economics report argues that the labour market in its current state is not fit to accommodate disabled people wanting to return to work.
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
Between March and May 2025, Camden Council and the New Economics Foundation (NEF) collaborated on a 12-week test and learn pilot to explore how to engage more Camden residents who are out of work due to disabilities and poor health with an offer of a call to discuss...
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
Thousands of sick or disabled people will be helped into good, secure jobs following a major expansion of tailored employment support announced by the Department for Work and Pensions today.
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
With the disability employment gap persistently at nearly 30%, the Government has announced it will spend an additional £2.2 billion on employment support over the next four years. The Committee will explore the reasons behind the disability employment gap, scrutinise...
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
A Department for Business & Trade research project report exploring how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt basic productivity-enhancing digital technologies, and the information gaps they face.
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2025 | News
A recent report by The Centre for Social Justice called Wasted Youth (backed by former Conservative Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP and Labour’s Lord David Blunkett) highlights a toxic combination of factors behind rising NEET numbers including rising payroll costs...
