Immigration: Skilled Worker visas
Published on:Ahead of the government’s Immigration White Paper, the NAO has examined the Home Office’s management of the Skilled Worker visa route.
Ahead of the government’s Immigration White Paper, the NAO has examined the Home Office’s management of the Skilled Worker visa route.
Government needs to ensure its growth plans for Cambridge are aligned with its £6-7bn investment in a new regional railway (East West Rail, Oxford to Cambridge), so it can maximise the economic benefits of the line, a new report by the National Audit Office says.
This guide has been produced to support the Business and Trade Committee in its examination of DBT’s remit, plans and budget.
This report examines whether the British Business Bank is improving access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Our report examined how projects achieve value to see what lessons there are for other projects. By value, we mean the difference projects make to citizens, service users or the environment.
This report an update to the NAO’s 2016 report on the St Helena airport and the FCDO’s economic support of the St Helena government.
There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of a new policy to make sure developers protect or improve biodiversity
This guide has been produced to support the Levelling up, Housing & Communities Committee in its examination of the Department for Levelling up, Housing & Communities’ (DLUHC’s) spending and performance for 2021-22.
This publication presents the results of our census of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). The census was conducted as part of our report Local Enterprise Partnerships, published in March 2016.
Government is funding thousands of levelling up projects across the UK. But many of these deadlines are unlikely to be met.
DCLG has made good progress in its design of 100% local business rates retention but faces a challenging timescale for delivery.
The Department for Education should set out the planned overall impact of the programme on productivity and growth.
The Department for Business, Skills and Innovation has not used good quality information to decide which science capital projects to invest in to optimise scientific and economic benefits.
This report examines the Department for International Trade’s strategy for supporting investment into the UK.
For combined authorities to deliver real progress they will need to demonstrate that they can drive economic growth and contribute to public sector reform.
The role and remit of Local Enterprise Partnerships has grown since 2010, but the approach taken by DCLG to overseeing Growth Deals risks future value for money.
We brought together experts on regulation and Britain’s relationship with Europe to discuss the issues facing regulators following the UK’s exit from the EU.
The approach to reducing the cost of regulation is set up to ensure that government can hit a £10bn target but misses the point by not truly reducing costs on businesses.
This report looks at the set-up of the UK infrastructure Bank, including HM Treasury’s planning before launch.
This framework is intended as a useful tool for policymakers and regulators overseeing any given market.