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On December 1, the government will close its consultation on proposed reforms to flexible working regulations.

It has been confirmed that staff at 58 UK universities are to go on strike from December 1 to December 3, amid grievances over pensions, pay and working conditions.

Tweaked government plans for the £86,000 cap on social care costs have been criticised, with analysts saying it will leave poorer people exposed to “catastrophically high care costs”.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps outlined the government’s new plans for rail services on Thursday, with £96 billion to be invested into improving rail networks in the North and the Midlands.

In the House of Commons on Wednesday, MPs voted 297 to nil in favour of the prime minister’s plans to alter the code of conduct to prohibit parliamentarians from working as paid advisors or consultants, after Labour abstained.

Following its most recent Ofsted inspection in October this year, Bantock Primary School in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, was adjudged to have continued in being a ‘good’ school.

The UK government has announced plans for its new ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ strategy, which is to help increase annual exports to the value of £1 trillion by the end of the decade.

This week [November 15-19] is the third week of November, and therefore marks the 2021 edition of Anti-Bullying Week.

In the aftermath of the Owen Paterson controversy, prime minister Boris Johnson has set out plans to ban MPs from working as paid consultants.

The government has opted to delay its planned reforms to education by a year, after plans to cut funding for BTEC qualifications were met with backlash.

According to official figures, over 100,000 young people have entered new roles through the government’s Kickstart scheme.

Three member companies of The Leaders Council, namely PayByPhone UK, Environmental Crop Management and OCL Regeneration Ltd, have all received accolades at the 2021 Green Apple Awards.

Appearing on The Leaders Council Podcast, green energy tycoon Dale Vince OBE discusses his fight against climate change and why the UK government must show more political ambition if it is to deliver on its climate targets.

EU chief Brexit negotiator Maroš Šefčovič has said that “serious headway” must be made in talks between the UK and the bloc over the Northern Ireland Protocol this week.