The UK has its lowest ever number of jobseekers chasing each vacancy on record. This morning’s labour market statistics released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirm that the UK labour market now has the lowest ever number of unemployed people per vacancy since records began in 2001. This is the key measure used…
A new report published by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee today, claims that the UK’s Covid vaccine programme has been “one of most effective initiatives in UK history” but that the delay to implement the first lockdown was a “serious error” that should have been challenged. In their report examining the initial UK response…
The power of prayer is being neutered in the UK. Since the pandemic, studies have found an apparent and vital openness to spirituality in our country. A study commissioned in May 2020 – just two months after the UK’s first lockdown – found that a quarter of adults in the UK had watched or listened…
The UK and EU could be approaching an impasse on the Northern Ireland Protocol, as both parties are set to lay out their approach to the intensive talks scheduled to commence later this month. The Protocol was implemented to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the wake of…
Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News at 8.30am this morning, Secretary of State for Energy Kwasi Kwarteng defended his and his government’s actions over the ongoing energy crisis. Since the start of the year, energy prices have rocketed by 250% and ministers are under pressure to prevent the industry from grinding to a halt.…
The debate around the cost of long-term care, and the uproar over increasing national insurance contributions, has led to the issue of wealth taxes to return to the political agenda. One of the most well-known of these is inheritance tax. In recent years the Conservatives have been strongly against increasing the tax, but could they…
Conservative MP James Brokenshire has died aged 53. The Old Bexley and Sidcup MP who formerly served as Northern Ireland Secretary and as a Home Office minister took leave from his ministerial duties earlier this year after a tumour recurred. He was initially diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018. Brokenshire died on Thursday evening with…
The fall of New Labour in 2010 coincided with a political oddity in UK politics, the first coalition cabinet since 1945. David Cameron and Nick Clegg formed a government that would lead to exceedingly different political outcomes for their respective parties. Eighteen Conservatives, four Liberal Democrats, can you name the coalition cabinet? The post Can…
The winter of discontent looms ahead of us. Gas prices have skyrocketed, petrol has run out, and inflation is hitting record highs. So how can Britons hope to heat their homes this Christmas? Well, we at Politics.co.uk realise there’s a surplus of hot air coming from parliament. It’s about time they shared it out. The…
Footballer Marcus Rashford has further criticised the scrapping of the Universal Credit uplift. The 23-year-old forward for Manchester United has spearheaded high profile campaigns against child hunger and the cut to Universal Credit that came into force this week. Speaking to BBC Breakfast TV this morning, Rashford was critical of the government’s decision to end…
