Employment and training
Employment and training news from UK Parliament.
New Creative Industries Sector Vision takes up Lords Committee recommendations
Lords Committee welcome Government's adoption of several recommendations from 'At risk: our creative future report
14 June 2023
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill completes passage through Parliament
Members accept Commons changes. Catch up
12 May 2023
Work and Pensions Committee Chair comment: Child benefit and state pension entitlement
Chair responds to an announcement from the Government on child benefit and state pension entitlement
02 May 2023
Lords debates financial pressures on higher education
Members discuss impact on local communities, UK science and innovation exports and the Turing Scheme. Catch up
31 March 2023
Seafarers' Wages Bill completes passage through Parliament
Bill now awaits Royal Assent. Catch up
22 March 2023
Saving for later life: Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government Response to Report
Saving for later life: Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government Response to Report
26 January 2023
Transport Committee seeks a Specialist Adviser on the National Policy Statement for National Networks
Transport Committee seeks a Specialist Adviser on the National Policy Statement for National Networks
19 January 2023
Seafarers' Wages Bill: call for evidence
Seafarers' Wages Bill: call for evidence
20 December 2022
Early retirement and our ageing population are causing labour shortages, says Lords report
Economic Affairs Committee publishes report into the UK labour supply
20 December 2022
New Lords committee reports
House of Lords special investigative committees publish reports on fraud, the Children and Families Act 2014 and adult social care. Find out more
08 December 2022
Experts and charities questioned on employment support for young people and people with disabilities
Work and Pensions Committee examines barriers keeping young people and people with disabilities out of employment
15 November 2022
Committee Corridor: Undervalued essential workers leaving professions for better paid work in supermarkets, says UNISON boss
Episode three of Committee Corridor's second series is out now
10 November 2022
Think tanks and research groups questioned on Government’s plans to boost employment
Work and Pensions Committee examines plans for jobs and employment support
25 October 2022
Short debates in the Lords
Members debate indefinite sentences, pharmaceutical research, careers in horticulture, corruption in the UK and the National Heritage Act 1983. Catch up
14 October 2022
Government must act to boost future saving rate and scheme enrolment or risk inadequate retirements for pensioners, MPs warn
Committee publishes report on Protecting pension savers – five years on from the pension freedoms: Saving for later life
30 September 2022