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The Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson, has confirmed that funding for Category C+E apprenticeships will increase to £7000 from 1 July.

Following a request from the European Commission, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) has provided a Final Opinion on Electronic Cigarettes.

From 1 July 2021, the value added tax (VAT) rules on cross-border business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce activities in the European Union will change.

The Government has announced plans to ban the sale of halogen and florescent light bulbs as part of a wider effort to support net zero targets and cut climate emissions.

A powerful new regulator will be created to protect the rights of UK workers, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed.

More than a quarter of UK schools and nurseries are in areas above World Health Organisation (WHO) air pollution limits, according to new research launched for Clean Air Day 2021.

Ministers at the Department for Education were aware that it was underfunding the 30-hour “free” childcare scheme and parents would face higher costs.

Warnings of the impact of driver shortages have been growing in recent months and now Logistics UK has said that lack of action could hit business recovery.

A further easing of Covid-19 restrictions and the reopening of more sectors of the economy spurred a marked increase in hiring activity in May, according to the latest UK Report on Jobs survey by KPMG and REC ( Recruitment and Employment Confederation).

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has launched a new partnership with Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to promote the expertise of UK offshore wind companies abroad.