Update on the closure of the Office of Tax Simplification
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The Office will cease work after publication of the Hybrid and distance working report, and formally close when the next Finance Bill receives Royal Assent.
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Fourth Meeting of the UK Commission on Covid Commemoration
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The UK Commission on Covid Commemoration held its fourth meeting.
The Commission met for the fourth time, on Friday 11 November 2022, following a series of...Read More »
Large minimum wage increases help protect low-paid workers’ living standards
The National Living Wage (NLW) will rise to £10.42 from 1 April 2023, an increase of 92 pence or 9.7 per cent.
The Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) recommendations ensure the NLW continues on track to reach the Government’s target of two-thirds of median earnings by 2024. The recommendations were unanimously agreed...Read More »
Details of £500million discharge fund
- Funding to speed up patient discharge, freeing up hospital beds to reduce ambulance handover times and improving capacity in social care
- Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay addressed NHS workforce at NHS Providers’ annual conference
- He set out his key priorities including a focus on what matters most to patients, as...Read More »
Russia continues to commit atrocities in Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE
Thank you, Mr Chair. I would like to start by offering my condolences to those who lost their lives and those injured by the bombing in Istanbul – terrorism in all guises is abhorrent.
Turning to Ukraine, the UK also expresses condolences for the victims of the missiles which landed in Poland...Read More »