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With 6.5 million workers planning to quit in search of better jobs in the next year, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has stressed the importance of considering job quality in the round, noting that pay is not a “silver bullet” for keeping staff.

In a move that recognises rising living costs and the competitive recruitment market, one of the UK’s largest professional services firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is to make what it describes as its most significant increases to staff pay for a decade.

Having considered the views and evidence provided during consultation, including responses by representatives of the goods road transport sector, the Government has decided not to continue with the permission of additional cabotage rights.

New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found that inequalities in early childhood remain stubbornly high, and there was little change between those born in the early 2000s and those born a decade later.

Publishing its annual results for 2021–22, the UK’s export credit agency reports that it provided £7.4 billion in financial support for UK exports to 61 countries during this latest accounting period, without any for overseas fossil fuel projects.

We reported recently that the Government had decided to make it simpler for businesses to apply new product conformity markings for most products placed on the market in England, Scotland and Wales (see Government aims to simplify new product safety markings).

The Government’s current strategy cannot be relied on to deliver the emissions reductions necessary to achieve Net Zero commitments, a report has concluded.

The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has published the findings of new research which shows the need to increase action and awareness on the importance of the early years.

A new report by the Times Education Commission sets out key recommendations for the early years sector including a significant funding boost.

The HGV levy was introduced in 2014 so that heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) over 12 tonnes, whether registered in the UK or in other countries, had to pay when using or being kept on UK roads.