Employment and training
Employment and training news from UK Parliament.
MPs launch inquiry into transport connecting young people to jobs and training
The Transport Committee has launched an inquiry exploring the issue of transport as a barrier to young people finding and taking up employment
21 July 2026
Comment: JCHR Chair welcomes stronger forced labour supply chain safeguards in Immigration and Asylum Bill
Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Lord David Alton, has welcomed some of the measures in the Immigration and Asylum Bill.
15 July 2026
UKRI Chair and STFC Chair write to Committee outlining science research funding cuts
UKRI Chair and STFC Chair write to Committee outlining science research funding cuts
10 July 2026
Government has ‘moral obligation’ to reverse freezing of student loans repayment threshold
The government has a moral obligation to reverse the decision to freeze the threshold at which student loans are repaid, a new report published by the Treasury Committee says.
06 July 2026
Inquiry Launch: How does defence manufacturing in Wales keep the UK safe and grow the Welsh economy?
The Welsh Affairs Committee launches a new inquiry into Wales’ role in defending the UK.
02 July 2026
Committee backs Connect to Work but warns patchy rollout could undermine success
A cross-party Committee of MPs has welcomed the Government’s flagship Connect to Work programme as a “positive evolution”
22 June 2026
Government agrees to improve tracking of regional innovation
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee today publishes the government’s response to its report, ‘Flying Blind: Innovation, growth and the regions.’
16 June 2026
Lords debates welfare reforms and youth unemployment
Members consider youth unemployment. Catch up
12 June 2026
Access to Work backlogs creating hardship and uncertainty for disabled people, PAC warns
Significant failings in the Department for Work & Pensions’ (DWP) administration of the Access to Work scheme are having a clear human cost for the very people it is designed to support.
11 June 2026
Government commits to greater debate on latest net zero targets
Ministers have agreed to offer MPs a greater role in scrutinising its latest net zero plans following recommendations by the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee (EAC).
10 June 2026
Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales: Overcrowded prisons and workforce pressures undermining safety and rehabilitation, MPs warn
Population pressures, staffing challenges and overcrowding have undermined staff and prisoner safety and the effectiveness of rehabilitation across the prison estate in England and Wales, the Welsh Affairs Committee warns in a report published today.
08 June 2026
Carchardai, y Gwasanaeth Prawf a’r System Adsefydlu yng Nghymru
Mae pwysau o ran y boblogaeth, heriau staffio a charchardai gorlawn wedi tanseilio diogelwch staff a charcharorion ac effeithiolrwydd gwaith adsefydlu ar draws ystad carchardai Cymru a Lloegr. Dyna rybudd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig mewn adroddiad a gyhoeddir heddiw.
08 June 2026
MPs call for independent regulator of vets sector and urge caution over measures to curb fees
A new report by the EFRA Committee calls for the Government to boost consumer confidence in the veterinary sector by establishing an independent regulator, and warns that measures to curb rising vet fees could burden rural and large-animal practices.
04 June 2026
Milburn interim report reaction: Work and Pensions Committee chair response
Work and Pensions Committee chair Debbie Abrahams MP has responded to the publication of Alan Milburn’s interim findings
28 May 2026
MPs call for two-week response deadline from employers to disabled workers’ requests for adjustments
Work and Pensions Committee MPs have called for a two-week legal deadline for employers to respond to requests for reasonable adjustments from disabled workers in a report published today.
20 May 2026