Victoria Friedman

Tory Party leader Kemi Badenoch called the increase in employer taxes ‘a direct hit on working people’ which will crush businesses and result in fewer jobs.

The government is also expanding right-to-work checks to gig economy workers, with employers who fail to undertake the checks facing penalties including jail.

One campaigner has criticised schools for using rewards to improve attendance, saying they isolate children who miss school through no fault of their own.

Dr. Calum Miller said if the law is changed, it would be ‘hugely dangerous’ as it would fundamentally change our concept of what constitutes care.

The Nature Friendly Farming Network has called for an interim agri-environment scheme to support farmers who missed out on accessing the SFI.

The Department for Education said it has taken action to ‘crack down on rogue franchise operators’ to tackle fraud.

Baroness Diana Barran said she does not believe ‘that the long-standing tradition that education should be free from taxation should be broken.’

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the government’s welfare reform package will save over £5 billion in 2029/30.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says 3.9 million 16- to 64-year-olds are getting health-related benefits, one in 10 of the working-aged population.

Care Not Killing said the decision was ‘disappointing, but unsurprising’ as doctors wrestle with how to respond to multiple attempts to change the law.