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Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 8 April
April 8, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers the latest updates on the vaccines, the roadmap out of lockdown and stats around Covid-19 transmission. ...
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 8 April
April 8, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers the reopening of the economy, business insights and impact on the UK economy, business support and recovery. ...
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 1 April
April 1, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers the economic outlook, Plan for Growth and the Build Back Better Business Council and the minimum wage rise....
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 1 April
April 1, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers roadmap to lockdown easing, vaccination hesitancy and uptake, poor mental health among emergency responders, mental health support and the Office for Health Promotion...
6 May Elections: what to expect
April 1, 2021Vuelio has teamed up with LGIU to cover the news and updates from all the upcoming elections including Local, Scottish and Welsh Parliaments and Mayoral....
It has now been a year since the first lockdown was announced in the UK. The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have been far reaching with most sectors needing to adapt to new ways of ......
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 25 March
March 25, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers the UK's debt and Government spending, inflation, the forecast for unemployment, the impact on young workers and business confidence. ...
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 25 March
March 25, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers the anniversary of the first lockdown, UK Health Security Agency, the Coronavirus Act and adult social care....
Audit sector reforms: Government publishes white paper
March 18, 2021Today sees the release of a wide-ranging package of reforms for the audit sector by the Government, in the form of a white paper called ‘Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance’. We explore what it means for the audit sector ...
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 18 March
March 18, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers the vaccine roll out, digitalisation of the health services, the impact of Covid-19 on health services and a year since the first lockdown. ...
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 18 March
March 18, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers the state of the economy after the reaction to ONS's January numbers. ...
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 11 March
March 11, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers NHS Test and Trace, the NHS staff pay rise, NHS waiting lists and the success of the COVID-19 vaccine roll out. ...
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 11 March
March 11, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers the reaction to the Budget, including the OBR's assessment of the economy. ...
Media attitude towards the Chancellor’s Budget
March 5, 2021Almost 400 individual journalists across 25 news media outlets in the UK rushed to report on Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Spring Budget in just two days. While many of the articles focused on the specific announcements ......
Budget 2021 Speculation: rebooting the economy and protecting jobs
February 25, 2021Economic speculation ahead of the Spring Budget 2021, with commentary on tax rises, spending packages and stimuli to boost the economy as the UK comes out of lockdown. ...
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 25 February
February 25, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers the latest unemployment stats and reaction, rising levels of destitution, the 3 March Budget and various demands from stakeholders for spending. ...
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 25 February
February 25, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers the roadmap out of lockdown and key stakeholder response, the PPE scandal and earlier vaccinations for people with severe learning disabilities. ...
Budget 2021 Speculation: supporting the vaccine rollout and boosting the health and social care sector
February 23, 2021Speculation around what the Spring Budget can do for health and social care, including its support of the vaccine rollout to prevent further lockdowns. ...
The effects of Covid have created extensive issues that have decimated the creative sector and it now needs to be supported by the upcoming Budget. However, Covid has also scaled digitalisation across the UK and may prompt Chancellor ...
Budget 2021 Speculation: the education and skills crisis
February 19, 2021Ahead of the Budget on 3 March, we look at the current issues in the education and skills market, and what action Chancellor Sunak may take to support children and jobs....
Ahead of the 3 March Budget we explore what actions Sunak might take to deliver a green recovery, covering his possible spending or raising taxes...
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 18 February
February 18, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers more detail on the next phase of the vaccine roll out, details on those that are required to shield, the easing of lockdown measures and the tests that must be met in order to do so. ...
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 18 February
February 18, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers GDP growth, gaps in economic analysis, the need for more crisis spending and Labour's economic campaigning. ...
Budget 2021 Speculation: Housing
February 17, 2021In the run up to next month’s Budget, housing industry bodies have been leading numerous campaigns – from protecting leaseholders from cladding costs, to extending various tax cuts, to accelerating the decarbonisation of buildings. ...
Health and care system reform
February 12, 2021The Government laid out wide ranging reform of the health and care system yesterday. The White Paper ‘Integration and Innovation’, marks a structural shift away from the coalition Government reforms of 2012, and sets out ambitious ...
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 11 February
February 11, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers the target of offering a vaccine to everyone over 70, as well as reaching cohorts 1-9, the new border rules for arrivals, the high numbers of deaths in the UK and the lack of PPE throughout the ...
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 11 February
February 11, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers the flexible loan repayments under Pay as You Grow, businesses and UC needing support beyond April and an online sales tax....
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 4 February
February 4, 2021This week's Covid Economy Summary covers the call from business to extend furlough, the limits of the SEISS and the fate of the £20 uplift in Universal Credit. ...
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 4 February
February 4, 2021This week's Covid Health Summary covers the fall in case numbers, care home deaths and the latest progress on vaccine roll out. ...
LGBT+ History Month: Where we are now and what comes next
February 4, 2021February is LGBT+ History Month, making it an appropriate time to review the progress made so far with LGBT+ rights in the UK and also some of the issues where action is still needed....
Scottish Budget 2021-22
January 29, 2021The highlights of the Scottish Budget 2021-22, which aims to rebuild a fairer, stronger and greener economy....
COVID-19: Weekly Health Summary – 28 January
January 28, 2021This week's Health Summary contains reaction to the Covid death rate passing 100,000 in the UK, as well as the latest research into risk by occupation. ...
COVID-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 28 January
January 28, 2021The latest update on the economy during the pandemic, including the unemployment rate, a modest rise in job vacancies, and supporting businesses the self-employed....
The White Paper for post-16 education reform ‘Skills for Jobs: lifelong learning for opportunity and growth’ has been released...
Covid-19: Weekly Health Summary – 21 January
January 21, 2021The Health Summary is part of our Weekly COVID-19 Bulletin, and this week contains the latest stats as well as information around the spread of coronavirus. ...
Covid-19: Weekly Economy Summary – 21 January
January 21, 2021The latest update on the economy during the pandemic, including Recent ONS data showing that the UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November....
Baroness Bennett: The future of the world has to be Green
January 15, 2021Green peer Baroness Natalie Bennett of Manor Castle writes about the challenges of getting the Government to agree to environmental standards and the kind of people therefore needed in opposition....
2021 Will Be Good For Public Affairs
January 14, 2021Stuart Thomson, head of public affairs at law firm BDB Pitmans and winner of the Current Affairs category at the Online Influence Awards 2020, explains why public affairs is essential in 2021, and offers advice to maximise success....
Vuelio launches Political Reports
January 13, 2021Vuelio has launched Political Reports, a new tool for public affairs and communications practitioners to analyse the increasingly complex political landscape by delivering stakeholder insight across a range of channels, from Twitter to ...
The Road to Glasgow: Stanley Johnson on COP26
January 13, 2021Stanley Johnson writes that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement is positive when it comes to protecting the environment, and the UK should take elements from it, such as carbon tax and carbon pricing, to COP26 and push for a ...