Labour hires Cameron ally
Lammy brings Ed Llewellyn into FCDO In a surprise cross-party appointment, Lord Ed Llewellyn, David Cameron’s former chief of staff, is set to.
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Whitehall opens internship doors
Government scheme targets working-class students The UK government has launched a landmark internship programme aimed at attracting working-class undergraduates into the civil service..
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Jobs vacancies at 35 firms attending Birmingham event
– NHS, Army, Balfour Beatty, and BHX among 35 hiring employers. – 1,500 jobseekers expected to attend August 6 jobs fair at Millennium.
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Life sciences policy aligned
Policy-makers seem to be joined up nationally and regionally In July 2025, we were treated to something that has been quite rare in.
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Jobs fair to get 1,500 working
131,000 unemployed in West Midlands – SPR aims to reduce this number Thirty-five firms with job vacancies are joining forces with Government to.
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Ms Pageant Girl UK
A self-made Staffordshire entrepreneur who set up a project to help people out of domestic abuse has been crowned “Ms Pageant Girl UK.
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Podcast: UK unemployment
There are currently 1.67m people out of work in Britain, including 131,000 across the West Midlands region, according to the Office for National.
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Know your rights
Online Safety Act erodes liberties under guise of child protection With the communist Labour government just over a year into its first term,.
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Big green bus order
The transport minister Heidi Alexander has announced a 10-year order for zero-emissions buses, 60% of which are being built by UK-based manufacturers. The.
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WM Railway to be nationalised
West Midlands Railway will go into public ownership from February 2026, the Department for Transport has said. The West Midlands Railway and London.