21 April 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a consultation on making Covid-19 vaccination a condition of work for people who are deployed in care homes with older adult residents in England.
21 April 2021
Inequalities will widen as the employment market recovers, with women, carers, older workers, those with health concerns and low-paid workers at most risk of being excluded from any future jobs recovery.
21 April 2021
Promoting the UK as a global hub for FinTech and digital service, the Department for International Trade (DIT) has announced a series of measures that will help boost the UK’s presence in overseas markets.
21 April 2021
The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stages 1 and 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Order 2021 came into force on 20 April 2021 to make amendments to the legislation relating to primary school assessments.
21 April 2021
Responding to a government consultation on phasing out new diesel buses, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has highlighted that zero emission buses alone cannot deliver net zero emissions.
20 April 2021
NHS England has called on GPs to now transfer any Covid-19 vaccination records that have been recorded locally or on paper into the central online system.
20 April 2021
Scottish National Party (SNP) Leader and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has promised to create a National Care Service and National Care Wage if her party is re-elected in May.
20 April 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) updated Guidance on Care Home Visiting, which applies from 12 April 2021, has been published and replaces all previous guidance on care home visiting.
20 April 2021
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has said pregnant women should be offered a Covid-19 vaccination but preferably either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine.
20 April 2021
Serbia has become the latest country to agree a deal with the UK which replicates the trade benefits this country enjoyed under the agreement that the EU had negotiated with Serbia.