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Prisoners should be offered apprenticeships while incarcerated to help them gain skills for jobs upon release

It is little wonder that reoffending rates are so high in this country – at around 42 per cent – when the odds of finding a job are stacked against prison leavers.

From backing business to cracking down on scams, we're changing banking for good

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20 Oct 2021 Coronavirus

From backing business to cracking down on scams, we're changing banking for good

For too long, banks have failed to prioritise their customers. Now, it's time to re-calibrate the banking experience to make it safer, easier and fairer for everyone.

19 Oct 2021 Economy

Any genuine attempt to level up Britain must start with levelling up work

I lost count of how many times the promise to “level up” was repeated during Conservative Party conference. But despite all the hype and sloganeering, Boris Johnson and his government still don’t have a serious plan for raising living standards and tackling inequalities in Britain.

Five years on, 22,000 workers in Britain are at work on Hinkley Point C

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04 Oct 2021 Economy

Five years on, 22,000 workers in Britain are at work on Hinkley Point C

From new jobs to investment in British businesses, the benefits of Hinkley Point C are clear to see.

Why New Nuclear Is the Right Choice for Labour

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21 Sep 2021 Economy

Why New Nuclear Is the Right Choice for Labour

Nuclear and the Labour Movement can be powerful allies in the battle to overcome climate change.

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16 Sep 2021 Transport

Railway industry publishes new report on the economic value of rail

A new economic report published by independent researchers Oxford Economics shows a UK railway industry powering ahead before the pandemic struck last year.

Betting Industry Backs ‘Plan For Jobs’ With Pledge To Create 5,000 Apprenticeships

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06 Sep 2021 Education

Betting Industry Backs ‘Plan For Jobs’ With Pledge To Create 5,000 Apprenticeships

Betting and gaming firms have pledged to create 5,000 apprenticeships over the next five years.

03 Aug 2021 Communities

Local authorities need a greater role to create jobs and training opportunities in their communities

The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is an important opportunity to tackle our fragmented employment and skills system. With the right funding and freedoms, local authorities can equip people with the skills they need to succeed.

30 Jul 2021 Economy

Cutting Universal Credit will undermine the government’s levelling up agenda

Pushing benefit levels lower will hurt working families and take money out of local economies, not accelerate our recovery.

15 Jul 2021 Coronavirus

Chi Onwurah MP: "There’s nothing more caring than saving the planet"

As one of the few MPs with a background in science and engineering, Chi Onwurah has plenty of ideas for how the government could build back better and save the planet. She tells Radhika Sanghani greater urgency is needed to drive change.

06 Jul 2021 Economy

Security shortages may well be the final blow for the night-time industry

The government has wilfully ignored a ticking time-bomb that will compromise public safety and our sector’s ability to recover from the devastation of Covid.

02 Jul 2021 Economy

We face a significant task to tackle inequalities in Britain

The last eighteen months has exposed just now unequal we are in Britain. Investment in large vanity-led infrastructure projects to end regional inequalities is clearly not enough.

30 Jun 2021 Economy

Government must seize the initiative on flexible working

The Flexible Working Bill would give workers a “day one right” to work flexibly, and compel employers to advertise how jobs could be done flexibly.

14 Jun 2021 Social affairs

There can be no true levelling up if social mobility cold spots endure

A radical new partnership is needed between government, business and civil society to ensure fairness, not privilege, dictates who gets ahead in the post-Covid economic recovery.

07 May 2021 Environment

First new deep coalmine for three decades must go ahead to fuel the UK steel industry

At the heart of this debate is an industry as old as industry itself; indeed, a technology which was first deployed in my neighbouring constituency of Workington using the then-advanced manufacturing process named after its founder, the (Henry) Bessemer blast furnace.

27 Apr 2021 Economy

We must decarbonise our steel industry to save it

The crisis at Liberty should be a turning point to invest in British steel and recast it as a world leading sustainable industry of the future.

07 Apr 2021 Economy

I’m determined to put disabled people at the forefront of Covid recovery

315 new disability employment advisers will be in place by May to help disabled people into work. They will help deliver our goal of 1 million more disabled people in work by 2027.

25 Mar 2021 Environment

The inevitability of HS2 does not mean it is a British success story

There are many arguments which have been presented against HS2: is cost, its damage to the environment, its inability to connect effectively to the rest of the transport network, and whether – in the light of Covid and changing work patterns – it is needed at all.

03 Mar 2021 Coronavirus

Rishi Sunak Vows To Do "Whatever It Takes" To Protect Economy With Budget Including Corporation Tax Rise And Covid-19 Recovery Spending

The Chancellor has announced a range of new financial measures to help support businesses recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, but revealed a major increase in corporation tax would be introduced to pay for it.

19 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

UK Redundancies Are Rising Faster In The Covid-19 Pandemic Than In The 2008 Financial Crisis

New figures have found that redundancy rates are rising at a faster rate as a result of the coronavirus pandemic than they did during the 2008-2009 financial crash.

17 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

Two Million People Have Not Been At Work For At Least Six Months Of The Pandemic, Research Shows

A new study by The Resolution Foundation into the job market during the pandemic has found almost two million people have not been able to work for six months.

07 Jan 2021 Coronavirus

Business needs support that goes hand in hand with new restrictions, not sticking-plaster solutions

Businesses are hanging on by their fingertips. We need a proper framework to protect jobs and businesses through this national lockdown and put Britain back on the path to recovery.

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18 Dec 2020 Environment

Openreach builds back better and greener with more than 5,000 new jobs and an all-Electric Vehicle fleet to upgrade the nation’s broadband

26 Nov 2020 Economy

We must ensure our social security system is providing a safety net for everyone who needs it

The Chancellor’s spending review is a missed opportunity to end agonising uncertainty for millions this Christmas. There is still much the DWP can to do to help people get back into work.