Cutbacks in the legal aid budget have undoubtedly saved the UK Treasury a considerable sum of money, but the consequence is that many criminal defence solicitors do not send advocates to represent clients at court since they are unable to afford to do so. Rosa Ellis, a journalist at The Times, explored the numbers behind what she calls the ‘demise of legal aid’ which only validate the concerns put forward in The Parliamentary Review by one firm of criminal defence solicitors months before.
In order to solve underfunding issues, NHS leaders have released a new report, urging Boris Johnson to provide the health service with £7 billion more each year and construct 100 new hospitals.
April 2020 will see new IR35 regulations applied to the temporary LGV driving sector, which are set to have a drastic impact on the agency sector and the road haulage industry specifically. The gradually increasing shortage of LGV drivers is also set to become exacerbated by these events.
Many sectors across the UK are struggling with growing skills gaps among the younger generation but nowhere is this more true than in tech. As business becomes increasingly digitised, this gap becomes increasingly debilitating.
Prime minister Boris Johnson will outline UK government plans to bring forward its ban on petrol and diesel cars from 2040 to 2035, the Leaders Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland reports.
Speaking in Greenwich today, Boris Johnson called for the EU to agree to a Canada-style free trade deal, saying the UK would leave on WTO terms if this could not be agreed.
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