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The Pink Garage's Randeep Reehal recently sat down on The Women in Business Radio Show to discuss her experience establishing herself in a traditionally male-dominated industry.

The government confirmed this week that it will make 45,000 visas for seasonal workers available to horticulture businesses in 2023.

The BBC has reported that prime minister Rishi Sunak has asked for an audit of progress to be carried out regarding the war in Ukraine.

Lord Goldsmith, the Foreign Office minister for Climate and the Environment, has this week announced a new programme which will enable new research and innovations to help protect and restore natural ecosystems across Africa and Asia.

Labour candidate Andrew Western has convincingly held the seat of Stretford & Urmston for his party following Thursday’s by-election.

The current parliamentary session is to be extended to Autumn 2023, having originally been set to end in the Spring of next year, Downing Street has announced.

Unveiling Scotland’s budget for the 2023-24 tax year, Scotland’s deputy first minister John Swinney has announced that the two highest rates of income tax will be raised by one penny in the pound.

A by-election is underway in the Greater Manchester constituency of Stretford & Urmston, as nine candidates vie to replace Labour MP, Kate Green.

Scotland’s deputy first minister and interim finance secretary John Swinney will unveil Scotland’s budget on Thursday afternoon, which will outline tax and spending plans for the 2023-24 tax year.

West London-based launderer, dry cleaner and valet service, Chelsea Green Valet, was honoured as the best ‘Counter Customer Service’ provider in the country at the 2022 Laundry and Drycleaning Awards [LADAs].

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Rishi Sunak said that his government had “consistently spoken to all the unions involved in all the pay disputes”, denying accusations from the opposition benches that ministers had stood idly by and let industrial action happen.

Official figures show that UK inflation has slowed to 10.7 per cent in the year to November 2022, having stood at 11.1 per cent in October.

The government's Cobra committee is convening for a second emergency meeting this week to hold further discussions on how to mitigate the impact of ongoing strikes.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to recruit more specialist personnel to clear the asylum system backlog by the end of next year, as well as informing MPs that changes to asylum law will be forthcoming.