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Households across the UK are facing spending cuts with two thirds facing a struggle to pay energy bills and more than half worried about affording food, according to recent polling.

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The Prime Minister has appointed Matt Warman MP to look at the short and medium-term barriers facing the labour market.

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Today’s Spring Statement was set against a backdrop of rising inflation – now sitting at 6.2% according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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The consequences of sexual violence are not just physical – as a result of such crimes, there is emotional and psychological trauma, which has a lasting impact on victims.

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As part of the Government’s focus on responding to the need for investment across all part of the United Kingdom, the Levelling Up White Paper has been launched today, covering 12 missions it wants to achieve by 2030.

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The National Audit Office has published a report about improving the outcomes for women in the criminal justice system.

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Research published today by Seetec, an employee-owned business group, shows that, although the public is aware of the Government’s ‘Levelling Up’ agenda, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has a job on its hands to articulate what this agenda means for local communities.

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World leaders, captains of industry, scientists and international representatives from across civil society are gathering in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).

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The Chancellor has revealed the Government’s spending plans for the next few years, as the country continues to grapple with the pandemic and a rise in cases of COVID-19 that are putting pressure on the NHS as it manages existing winter challenges.

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As the economy continues to recover from the damage done by Covid-19 and life increasingly returns to some sense of normality, this Autumn could prove to be pivotal in setting a clear route to ‘levelling up’ regions beyond London and the South East.

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The Ministry of Justice has awarded Interventions Alliance, our justice and social care business division, Probation rehabilitation services in four English regions (South East, South West, East and North West). These will commence in June 2021.

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Suki Binning, Executive Director of Justice and Social Care and our Chief Social Worker, has welcomed the new Domestic Abuse Act.

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