AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoAssisted Dying Defeat: UK Parliament rejected an assisted dying bill for England and Wales, voting 286-270, with Labour, Conservatives, Reform UK and Liberal Democrats all opposing; Immigration Rules: the government set the Expansion Worker visa salary floor at £52,500 a year (or the job’s going rate, if higher), for overseas firms opening a UK branch; Cost of Living & Work: ONS data shows unemployment stuck at 4.9% (May–July) while pay growth cools, with job vacancies at a four-year low ahead of the Bank of England rate decision; State Pensions: provisional triple-lock figures point to a 3.9% rise for basic state pensioners (about £375) and full pensioners born after 1951 (about £489) in April; NHS & Racism: a report warns one in five minority ethnic NHS managers in England plan to quit amid racism and exclusion; Scotland Football: Hampden Park will allow alcohol sales for Scotland Nations League matches after a successful trial; Energy & Industry: SMMT says £1.1bn in private investment has been committed to UK commercial vehicle manufacturing and supply chains since 2021; Space Strategy: UK unveils a £7.8bn satellite communications plan to boost security and rural connectivity.
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