As of 22 October (week 42), influenza positivity – the rate of laboratory confirmed flu cases – among school children aged 5 to 14 years is higher than any other age group, at a weekly average positivity rate of 5.7% compared with a whole population weekly average of 2.5%. All school-aged children, up to and […]
Firm offered advice on early resolution to customers’ IVA debt solutions despite not being licensed to provide financial or debt advice A company which claimed to help customers reach an early resolution to their Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), but instead exposed them to the risk of their debt solution failing, has been closed down. McKenzie […]
Millions of shoppers will soon benefit from enhanced protections as new rules for Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) products are set to be introduced. The Government has launched a consultation on proposals to bring BNPL companies under the supervision of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and ensure the Consumer Credit Act safeguards users. The new regulations aim […]
Three men have pleaded guilty to running a website enabling criminals to circumvent banking anti-fraud checks. A National Crime Agency investigation showed that www.OTP.Agency was run by Callum Picari, 22, from Hornchurch, Essex; Vijayasidhurshan Vijayanathan, 21, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; and Aza Siddeeque, 19, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Criminals were charged a monthly subscription fee which […]
Government pushes ahead with reform agenda by scrapping single headline Ofsted judgements for schools with immediate effect Single headline grades for schools will be scrapped with immediate effect to boost school standards and increase transparency for parents, the government has announced today. Reductive single headline grades fail to provide a fair and accurate assessment of […]
A nine-year-old girl has died after a knife attack in Southport, northwest England, bringing the total to three children killed in the incident. Merseyside police confirmed the girl died in hospital on Tuesday following the attack at a yoga and dance class. The other two children who died were girls aged six and seven. Eight […]
We urge Israel to let humanitarian aid enter Gaza through all crossing points: UK statement at the UN Security Council. Statement by UK Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. Ambassador Barbara said in there statement: First, let me start by […]
The majority of the vaccines have been administered to the over-80s, care home workers and NHS staff through more than 70 sites across the UK. More than 137,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the first week of the largest vaccination programme in British history. […]
Last month, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) suspended more than 130 SIA licences as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Last month, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) suspended more than 130 SIA licences as an ongoing criminal investigation revealed that some licence-holders may not have been awarded their qualifications legitimately. Individuals are licensed by the […]