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Transport for London (TfL) launched its Bus Action Plan in March 2022 outlining its long-term plan for buses. It is also carrying out a series of consultations on potential cuts to bus services and frequencies as a result of short-term financial pressures.

A leading think tank has estimated that, between 2009–10 and 2019–20, school spending per pupil in England fell by 9% in real terms.

The Department for Education (DfE) has abandoned plans for new legislation to improve admissions arrangements for summer-born pupils.

Aiming to address what it calls the chronic and systemic skills shortages that have long been experienced in Britain, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has set out a series of measures in its response to an ongoing Treasury workstream entitled People, Capital and Ideas.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced changes to its plant standards to standardise training and testing requirements across the construction industry.

In its latest report, the UK’s spending watchdog has examined whether the Government has an effective approach to enhancing workforce skills.

Employers must engage with their recognised employee representatives and trade unions to avoid issues escalating to strike action.

Digitalisation has been identified as an emerging occupational safety and health issue by the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER).

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is trialling remote tachograph sensing equipment in Britain, to make it easier to detect drivers and transport operators who are breaking drivers’ hours rules.

Publishing its annual results for 2021‒22, UK Export Finance (UKEF) said that British businesses had been backed by £7.4 billion government support to export to 61 countries around the world — without being involved in any overseas fossil fuel projects.