Scott Challinor

Prime minister Liz Truss has sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and made a second U-turn in the mini-Budget, removing the planned cancellation of the corporation tax hike.

Pam McConnell, the chief-executive and founder of Five Rivers Child Care and member of The Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious National Children and Young People Awards.

Speaking on The Leaders Council Podcast, Secure Innovation boss Tony Westington discusses the thinking behind its recent rebrand, before discussing cash circulation and the new technologies the company has developed to protect it.

The latest NHS performance statistics have shown that the waiting list for hospital treatment in England has reached a record high of seven million.

Buckingham Palace has this week announced the date for King Charles III’s coronation, with Saturday May 6, 2023, set aside for the occasion.

Speaking at her first Prime Minister’s Questions since the mini-Budget, Liz Truss said that the government is not planning to make public spending cuts in its economic strategy, as well as reassuring renters that the ban on no-fault evictions would be going ahead.

The YMCA Derbyshire charity has announced a new partnership with nursery and childcare provider, Derwent Stepping Stones.

Not-for-profit care provider association, the National Care Forum [NCF] has called on government to address the ever-growing workforce crisis that is blighting adult social care in the wake of new reports into the issue.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said that the government’s fiscal plan will be released on October 31, almost a month earlier than planned.

Prime minister Liz Truss is to meet with Conservative MPs this week in a bid to unite the party following a conference marred by infighting. Meanwhile, Greg Hands has replaced Conor Burns as trade minister after the latter was sacked on Friday over allegations of misconduct.

In a new report, the Nuffield Trust has uncovered that there is a “widening gulf” between policy rhetoric on support for unpaid carers and what carers are faced with in reality.

UK digital, culture, media & sport secretary Michelle Donelan met with US secretary of commerce, Gina Raimondo on Friday, to discuss a range of “digital issues”.

Rail operator Avanti West Coast has been told it must “drastically improve” its service offering, after the Department for Transport [DfT] agreed to extend its West Coast Main Line contract for just six months.

The UK has opened a new licensing round for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, with around 100 licences up for grabs spanning 898 sections of the area.

The Republic of Ireland’s foreign minister, Simon Coveney, has said that he does not expect issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol to be resolved before the key date of October 28.