UK productivity has fallen 28 per cent below its pre-crisis trend, the Resolution Foundation says, responding to the latest productivity figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Lawyers from ClientEarth have helped launch a High Court challenge to the UK government’s Brexit laws, over sweeping new powers that may weaken protection for seas and wildlife in the UK.
Global Justice Now has launched a legal challenge over the Department for International Trade’s failure to release details of numerous trade meetings it has held with the United States and other countries since the EU referendum in 2016.
NAO says the regulatory system is showing signs of strain, with fewer food control staff in local authorities at a time when the system faces increased challenges as the UK moves towards new trading relationships after Brexit.
In its review of contracts for EU Exit consultancy, the NAO found that some had not been published as recommended, and all that had been published were significantly redacted.
New report says Brexit has exposed deep-seated problems with parliamentary processes and highlighted uncertainties in the relationship between government ministers and MPs.
The Electoral Reform Society has set out proposals to rebuild Britain’s democratic system from scratch, in a major new report 10 years since the expenses scandal rocked faith in politics.
The Royal College of Nursing says every country of the UK needs a strategy to recruit, train and retain a new generation of nurses, and have accountability set in law for the adequate supply of nursing staff, because there are not enough registered nurses in the UK to meet patient demand.