This week the Office for National Statistics reported that the number of workers on company payrolls increased in August, returning to pre-pandemic levels in most regions across the UK.

As the NHS continues to deal with cases of Covid, and ensure vaccination continues, Anne Milton discusses the difficult job NHS organisations have in reducing the backlogs in diagnosis, treatment and care of both physical and mental health illness.

Justine Greening explains why a bespoke approach for individual communities is needed for levelling up.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will become the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities as the Government delivers on its central mission to level up every part of the UK.

Children from whole sections of society and disadvantaged backgrounds continue to be shut out of parts of our higher education system.

Essex County Council has partnered with former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening in a bid to tackle inequality and help level up the region. 

Universities have been urged to provide face-to-face teaching when students return this term. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said students should expect to be taught "in-person and alongside other students".

Amey plc, one of the UK’s largest support services suppliers, today launched an Opportunity Action Plan to boost opportunities across the country.

When businesses talk about young people it is often about how to attract them as customers through social media, celebrity ambassadors or competitions to win the latest gadget. The Co-operative Group has a rather different approach to connecting with the next generation, however — it is teaching them.

The NHS has always addressed health and social inequalities but is now stepping up this role amid deepening challenges, reports Rt Hon. Anne Milton.

Primary Health Properties (“PHP”), the UK and Ireland’s leading investor in modern healthcare properties, has committed to play a key role in levelling up the UK by partnering on the development of a set of Levelling Up Goals.

WSP, one of the world’s leading engineering professional services consultancies and an employer of almost 7,000 people in the UK, has committed to play a key role in levelling up the UK by partnering with the Purpose Coalition on the development of a set of Levelling Up Goals.

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has committed to a new levelling up framework to measure its social impact.  

Humanity's damaging impact on the climate is a "statement of fact", say UN scientists in a landmark study.

Helen and Justine got together to talk about education, social mobility, the impact of where you grow up and Justine’s past as a keen swimmer!

Plymouth City Council has committed to a new levelling up framework to measure its social impact and build on its work to tackle inequality and increase opportunity throughout the city.

The difference in air quality between suburbs and villages is associated with a higher likelihood of dementia, a study has suggested.

The University of Worcester, one of the top universities in England for social mobility, has committed to a new levelling up framework to measure its social impact.  

The University of Southampton has partnered with former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening in a bid to level up the UK. 

The government’s social mobility advisers have called for a £14bn overhaul of the UK benefits system.