Scott Challinor

The government has pushed back a Commons vote on its housebuilding plans that was due to go ahead on Monday, November 28.

Home secretary Suella Braverman has said that the Home Office must improve its efficiency having failed to control the UK’s borders properly in the face of mass illegal migration.

The UK Supreme Court has ruled against the Scottish government in its indyref2 case, saying that Holyrood will be unable to stage a second independence referendum without consent from Westminster.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD] has said that inflation and the energy crisis will see the UK suffer the most severe economic downturn within the G7 group of nations in 2023.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has told the CBI conference that the UK needs to end its “immigration dependency” and move away from relying on “cheap labour” to fill vacancies.

Following speculation that the UK government was pursuing a new Swiss-style deal with the EU, prime minister Rishi Sunak has emphatically ruled out the prospect of any new post-Brexit relationship that will see the country align more closely with EU law.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has dismissed speculation that the government is looking to shake-up its post-Brexit relationship with the EU, saying that ministers are not looking to implement any major changes.

Tony Danker, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry [CBI], has called on ministers to look to immigration as a means of resolving labour shortages and the key to reinvigorating the UK economy.

Health secretary Steve Barclay has said that the government’s decision to delay the implementation of the lifetime cap on social care costs will enable the sector to benefit from more funding.

National awarding body GQA Qualifications announced earlier in November that it had become the principal sponsor of the Barnsley Football Club Academy.

Timberplay, a Sheffield-based advisory company on the development of play spaces, recently announced that it has begun work on installing a new playground in the city of Sheffield.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted that the government is still looking to reduce immigration numbers, despite official forecasts saying that net migration in 2026 will be higher than previously thought.

Following the Autumn Statement, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has defended the raft of measures within, referring to them as “balanced” in the face of criticism from think tanks.

Twitter has informed its employees that the social media platform’s offices will be closed until next week.

The Literacy Hubs is a charity working to tackle illiteracy among Portsmouth's young people to help improve their life chances. However, current cost pressures have left it in need of further help.