Everything government, Parliament, the statistical agencies and the major policy institutes published — read, summarised and ranked so you can skim the day in a minute.
2,026 articles · 39 live sources · updated Just now
New research finds 21‑week driving test backlogs are preventing NEET young people from accessing jobs; one in six vacancies requires a driving licence, rising to one in three care roles and over two‑thirds of plumbing jobs.
Presents new data showing 100,000 persistently absent school leavers risk joining a projected one million young people not in education, employment or training, with an estimated £24 billion lifetime cost, and urges ministers to act.
Presents a study claiming government ‘marriage‑lite’ policy plans would reduce births by more than 75,000 a year, warn of a worsening demographic time‑bomb and report public unease about the proposed changes.
The Centre for Social Justice urges Andy Burnham to tackle a claimed £125 billion‑a‑year NEET crisis by overhauling vocational and technical education, arguing the current ‘university or bust’ system fails many young people and ruins lives.