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The apprenticeship levy was developed in 2017 to boost access to skills for UK business, but many are concerned it isn’t fit for purpose By Clare McDonald, Business Editor Published: 06 Feb 2023 17:00 Senior industry representatives have urged the government to address issues with its apprenticeship levy, which has been criticised for being needlessly

Five years ago, Google backed away from a Pentagon government contract because thousands of employees protested that its tech might be used for lethal drone targeting. Today, however, Silicon Valley has far fewer qualms about developing tech for the U.S. Department of Defense. So said four investors — Trae Stephens of Founders Fund, Bilal Zuberi

What goes up ... — It is possible that the balloon's flight termination system failed. Eric Berger - Feb 3, 2023 9:29 pm UTC Enlarge / Stratospheric weather balloons are released every day, such as this one from the Technical University of Munich in 2021. The Chinese balloon is likely much larger and more sophisticated.Tobias

sonsedskaya - stock.adobe.com UK government wants feedback on its plans to regulate organisations operating in the cryptoasset sector By Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA Published: 02 Feb 2023 11:55 The UK Treasury has announced a consultation on proposed cryptoasset regulation as it makes plans to protect consumers without dampening the economic benefits

The government has announced £1bn to create “sustainable” hospital capacity in the English NHS, including 5,000 emergency care bed spaces. The funding is included in a two-year delivery plan to help solve overcrowding and delays in emergency care services in time for next winter. In its plan, the NHS said it will look at making

Medicare Advantage plans for seniors dodged a major financial bullet Monday as government officials gave them a reprieve for returning hundreds of millions of dollars or more in government overpayments — some dating back a decade or more. The health insurance industry had long feared the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would demand repayment

The federal workforce is set to grow to levels unseen since the height of the Obama administration. The ballooning number of full timers, part timers and federal contractors is an outgrowth of Mr. Biden's marquee legislative wins, but Republicans fear the federal imprint is will reach too far into Americans' lives...

Sir John Armitt National Infrastructure Commission boss Sir John Armitt has been appointed to the board of the company that owns Tilbury Douglas, Construction News can reveal. Armitt was appointed a non-executive director of TD Bidco one day after last week's announcement that he had been granted another term as chair of the body that