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Friday briefing: What’s behind the rapid rise of school suspensions in England?

In today’s newsletter: Record numbers of pupils are being removed from class, with dire consequences for their attainment levels in later life. But is the pandemic solely to blame for this increase in bad behaviour?

The Guardian - UK

Cycling in England remains at pre-pandemic levels, with men riding much more

The Department for Transport's National Travel Survey shows that fewer miles were ridden in 2023 to 2019

Cycling Weekly

People in England driving more, cycling less and walking further, survey shows

Department for Transport’s annual travel poll shows car or van trips up 8% as Covid-era shift to cycling fizzles away

The Guardian - UK

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Presenteeism: what is causing Britain’s working-while-sick epidemic?

Insecure work is widely acknowledged as a key cause but high workloads and management culture also play a role

The Guardian - UK

People who refuse to take sick days are costing the economy billions every year, analysis says

A report calls for a ‘health-led economy’

The Independent UK

Hidden cost of UK workplace sickness rockets to £100bn a year, report finds

Rising bill largely result of ‘staggering’ levels of presenteeism causing loss of productivity

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer appoints two influential leftwing critics as government advisers

Both had warned against ditching £28bn green spending pledge and urged scrapping of two-child benefit cap

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Report shows lowest turnout in UK general election since universal suffrage

Voter turnout was 10 percent lower in areas with the most Muslims as Israel’s war on Gaza remains a key issue.

Al Jazeera

Lowest turnout in UK general election since universal suffrage, report shows

IPPR thinktank finds that only 52% of the British adult population cast their ballots on 4 July

The Guardian - UK

Investment in UK has trailed other G7 countries since mid-1990s, IPPR says

Institute for Public Policy Research urges Labour and Conservatives to reverse planned cuts

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Conservative childcare policies could win over swing voters, study finds

‘Whichever party offers a credible plan for childcare may well stand to win over a crucial constituency of swing voters come July,’ think tank director says

The Independent UK

Wealthy white men are UK’s biggest transport polluters, study finds

IPPR research examines transport emissions by income, gender, location, ethnicity and age

The Guardian - UK

UK has competitive edge on a third of green products, thinktank finds

With companies well placed to build the most crucial goods, such as electric trains, the UK has a head start in achieving net zero

The Guardian - UK

AI ‘apocalypse’ could take away almost 8m jobs in UK, says report

Women, younger workers and lower paid are at most risk from artificial intelligence, says IPPR thinktank

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North-south wealth inequality in England on course to grow, report finds

Gap projected to reach £228,800 a head by 2030, according to report by thinktank IPPR North

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s asylum laws trapping 55,000 people in ‘perma-backlog’, says UK thinktank

IPPR report says Illegal Migration Act risks indefinite detention at taxpayer expense of people who cannot have their claims processed

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘must spend billions on welfare or poverty will soar’

Britain’s benefits system needs urgent reform, at a cost of £12bn, charities and experts warn

The Guardian - UK

Record long-term sickness bodes ill for UK economic growth

Years of austerity, followed by Covid, have left Britain with unhealthy workers and businesses struggling to recruit, but the road to recovery, of all kinds, will be long

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The Guardian - UK

‘A make-or-break moment’: what does Labour’s U-turn mean for the UK’s green transition?

Labour has dropped its £28bn green pledge and the Tories are underfunding carbon-cutting measures, despite benefits of net zero projects

Cycling Weekly

'I just don't feel safe on the road': Study shows the shocking effect underfunding is having on cycling in England

The next government has an opportunity to "make England an active travel nation", IPPR report says

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re facing a critical shortage’: why UK’s green revolution urgently needs skilled workers

The UK’s net-zero transition may not be short of funds. But it desperately requires many more skilled engineers, electricians and workers than it has

The Guardian - UK

UK wasting ‘tens of billions’ on crumbling infrastructure and badly run projects

Spending watchdog says smarter government can find huge savings for better public services

The Guardian - UK

Backlog in NHS and courts will take 10 years to clear, says thinktank

Next government will inherit most challenging situation in public services since second world war, IPPR says

The Guardian - UK

Next UK election set to be most unequal in 60 years, study finds

Voter turnout gap between top and bottom earners growing since 60s, says IPPR thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows

Multinationals in particular hiked prices far above rise in costs to deliver an outsize impact on cost of living crisis, report concludes

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