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Professor David Mba argues that higher education’s emphasis on prestige over practical skills has produced mismatches: newly qualified nurses struggling to find nursing jobs even as the NHS reports workforce shortfalls, prompting a call to redefine ‘excellence’.
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration is seeking evidence from anyone with knowledge of the Home Office’s child safeguarding arrangements, to inform an inspection into the treatment of children within the migration and borders system.
A circulating compilation video includes a doctored clip of a crying Ukrainian soldier; Full Fact identifies the fake footage and warns it is being reshared on Facebook as genuine.
A new practice direction for possession proceedings has come into force, establishing the procedure for claims made using the court’s new digital service for possession claims and detailing steps parties must follow online.
Announces a new UK‑Cambodia agreement to strengthen intelligence sharing between law enforcement aimed at dismantling online scam centres and improving cross‑border action against organised fraud operations.
The Cabinet Office set out a package of measures intended to shift public spending towards service delivery, aiming to boost local growth and job creation by ‘rewiring the state’—details of specific policies and funding were not provided in the blurb.
The Sutton Trust responds to the Department for Education’s plans to introduce vocational, job‑focussed GCSE subjects, setting out its views on potential impacts on social mobility and attainment from these proposed qualifications.
The Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit took part in a multi-agency operation in Leicester targeting the illegal online sale of ‘smokies’, resulting in one arrest linked to the online business.
Annual statistics on agricultural land ownership and tenure in England, measured at 1 June, publish detailed breakdowns of ownership types, tenancy arrangements and landholding structures for the latest year.
Quarterly breakdown of family court activity for April to June 2026, showing volumes and trends across main case types to track caseloads, processing and demand on family justice services.
Official statistics showing numbers of planning applications received, decided and granted in England for April to June 2026, providing accredited counts for monitoring planning workload and outcome rates across local planning authorities.
Latest consolidated update of the UK’s trade and investment factsheets, offering the most up-to-date partner-level snapshots of trade flows and investment positions with overseas trading partners.
Provides surveillance statistics on gastrointestinal pathogens and outbreaks in England, reporting infection counts, trends and outbreak summaries to support public‑health monitoring and control measures.
National statistics on pupil attendance and absence rates in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools, covering overall, authorised and unauthorised absence to track attendance levels across the school system.
Counts of laboratory‑confirmed pertussis cases reported to England’s enhanced pertussis surveillance programme in 2026, presenting surveillance data on whooping cough incidence.
Laboratory-confirmed cases and notification counts of mumps in England, providing surveillance data on incidence and trends to support public-health monitoring and response planning.
Provides numbers of companies claiming UK Patent Box relief and the associated cost to the Exchequer, setting out how many firms benefit and the fiscal impact of the Patent Box regime.
Provides estimates of collisions in Great Britain involving at least one driver on a work-related journey, using STATS19 journey-purpose coding or vehicle-type assumptions to identify incidents where driving was for work.
Assessment of the feasibility of matching STATS19 collision records to a road network, aiming to improve validation and utility of official road casualty statistics by testing methods for attributing collisions to specific road segments.
Monthly NHS sickness absence report for June 2026 giving absence rates by region, organisation and main staff groups, used to track workforce health and service capacity pressures across the NHS.
Covers national to practice‑level figures on online consultation submissions in general practice for August 2026, detailing use of online consultation systems across practices.
Quarterly statistics on working and workless households in Northern Ireland (April–June 2026), detailing households by adults’ economic activity and the composition of children and adults in working or workless homes.
Statistics on light rail and tram systems in England include network, usage and operational data, and also report on Glasgow Underground and Edinburgh Tram systems to support transport planning and monitoring.
Quarterly update to the Transport Statistics Geography Portal provides geographically mapped official transport statistics to September 2026, enabling local analysis of published Department for Transport indicators.
The government is consulting on proposals for a new bereavement leave entitlement, seeking views on detailed design including coverage for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks and other operational aspects of the leave policy.
G7 foreign ministers and the EU High Representative condemn ongoing Houthi strikes in Yemen and against Saudi Arabia, reiterating support for Bab al‑Mandab navigational rights and freedoms.
Scoping study examines potential methodologies for monetising the value of social cohesion, mapping approaches and evidence gaps to inform how culture and heritage capital might be valued for policy appraisal.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds poverty remains too high in Scotland with national targets missed, calls for radical change and a stronger role for local government in both delivering poverty reduction and in its relationship with the Scottish Government.
DCMS sets out a new place‑targeting approach to concentrate its programmes where community outcomes need most improvement, intending to focus resources on areas with greatest need.
Factsheets explaining provisions of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 provide accessible detail on measures in the Act, intended effects, and how various reforms will operate in practice for stakeholders and the public.