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Employment support services failing businesses and jobseekers, says think tank

The IPPR described the Government’s ‘any job first’ approach as ‘narrow and focused on the short term’.

The Independent UK

Soaring asylum backlog deemed ‘disastrous record’ for Sunak and Braverman

Campaigners warned people stuck waiting for a decision are exposed to ‘immense suffering’.

The Independent UK

UK needs Dragons’ Den approach to investing in net zero, says thinktank

IPPR wants government to take a stake in green technology firms to help Britain keep up with EU and US

The Guardian - UK

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‘Asylum seeker housing to cost £5 billion a year under Government’s Rwanda plan’

Housing costs will balloon as a ‘perma-backlog’ of asylum seeker cases grows, says Institute for Public Policy Research

Evening Standard

UK bill for housing asylum seekers ‘to hit £5bn a year by end of next parliament’

Thinktank says new Illegal Migration Act likely to deepen crisis by leaving thousands more people in limbo

The Guardian - UK

Government plans to tackle migration risk creating ‘perma-backlog’ – think tank

The Illegal Migration Act could lock thousands of asylum seekers into limbo and in need of continuing Government support, the IPPR warned.

The Independent UK

Britain facing ‘permanent asylum backlog’ and £5bn accommodation bill under new Tory migration act

The Illegal Migration Act will cast thousands of asylum seekers into ‘permanent limbo’, the IPPR has warned

The Independent UK

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UK economy faces 'very real risk' of recession despite inflation slowing, experts say

ECONOMISTS have warned that the UK faces a “very real risk” of recession due to higher interest rates - despite inflation slowing to its lowest…

The National (Scotland)

Low-pay retailers must have ‘clear spotlight’ shone on them, says think tank

A report published on Thursday says retail workers who are paid less than the real living wage are being ‘hung out to dry’.

The Independent UK

Public sector pay rises of 10% would add little to inflation, says UK thinktank

IPPR report undermines Rishi Sunak’s argument that larger wage settlements would be inflationary

The Guardian - UK

Double-digit pay rises for public sector workers not inflationary – think tank

The Institute for Public Policy Research says public sector staff should be offered a 10.5% rise.

The Independent UK

Tony Blair urges expanded role for private sector as NHS turns 75

Former PM says service needs radical reform, including pointing patients to private healthcare offers

The Guardian - UK

UK economy in growth ‘doom loop’ after decades of underinvestment

Institute for Public Policy Research points to £500bn-plus underspend compared with other advanced economies

The Guardian - UK

England ‘4,700 years from building enough onshore windfarms’

Thinktank says effective ban on planning permissions means country is way behind on much-needed renewable energy

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DWP Universal Credit warning as half a million people have benefits cut due to sanctions

More than 540,000 people had their benefit payments reduced or stopped in the past year, according to figures

The Guardian - UK

Record numbers of British workers are sick. No wonder the economy is too. But there is a cure

The Tories have failed to pursue the obvious answers to this crisis, punishing ill people and NHS strikers instead, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s poor record on health costs economy £43bn a year, says report

Thinktank urges ministers to make reducing long-term sickness health equivalent of drive for net zero

Evening Standard

900 Afghans crossed Channel this year but ‘many will be abandoned under lllegal Migration Bill’ - thinktank

The majority of small boat crossings in 2023 were made by Afghan nationals

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Higher earners in Scotland to pay more tax from today as new laws come into force

With the beginning of the new financial year, the tax changes, which ministers have claimed would raise an extra £129 million in 2023-24, laid out in the budget have come to fruition.

The Independent UK

Boost the economy by offering routine NHS surgery at the weekend – report

Analysists have said that helping people return to work or increase their hours could boost the economy by billions.

The Guardian - UK

‘Dystopian’ surveillance ‘disproportionately targets young, female and minority workers’

Thinktank calls on UK government for stronger regulation to protect workers from intrusive monitoring

Chronicle Live

DWP claimants in North East more likely to be sanctioned than other parts of country

Report by IPPR calls for sanctioning to be suspended during the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

Benefit sanctions regime should be suspended during cost of living crisis, ministers told

The demand from the IPPR think-tank comes a week after the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned in the Budget that the Tory Government would apply benefit sanctions more 'rigorously'

The Independent UK

Going ahead with tougher sanctions for benefit claimants ‘foolish and unfair’

A think tank warned that more people on social security are at risk of hardship and destitution if their payments are cut.

The Guardian - UK

Half of people trying to get permanent UK residency by 10-year route struggle to afford food

Effects of ‘devastating and punishing’ Home Office system introduced in 2012 now being felt, experts say

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