Rachel Willcox

Freelance journalist

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Concessions cut projected costs of workers’ rights overhaul to business

The predicted cost to business of the new Employment Rights Act has been slashed by 80% from £... Read more
Academy trust inspections will boost transparency, DfE claims

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has tabled an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and... Read more
PAC says ‘panic and pressure’ led to MoJ spending £4m a year on empty prison

A scathing Public Accounts Committee report has criticised the Ministry of Justice for significant... Read more
Delayed discharges in Scottish NHS signal wider challenges

Delays in discharging patients are costing NHS Scotland an estimated £440m in hospital days alone,... Read more
LGA campaign aims to tackle local government recruitment crisis

Concerns about a recruitment and retention crisis across local government have led to a national... Read more
London boroughs call for £3 per week social rent convergence

The government’s decision on social rent convergence due this month could “lay the financial... Read more
Government publishes action plan to tackle cyber threats

A £210m plan will be hoped to tackle the growing scourge of cyber threats, after the government... Read more
CIPFA: Local Government Finance Settlement lacks clarity

The government’s provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2026/27 fails to offer enough... Read more
Government’s revised planning framework promises “seismic regearing”

Mandatory housing targets for principal authorities, New Golden Rules for greenbelt development... Read more
‘Coalition of the concerned’ to probe unemployment levels among the young

An investigation into the causes of record unemployment and economic inactivity among young people... Read more

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