Employers should automatically enrol workers into a government-backed ‘rainy-day’ savings scheme to protect against future cost-of-living shocks, a report from a leading group of progressive businesses will recommend today.

Themes, slogans and pledges can come and go for any political opposition, but what Sir Keir Starmer did in setting out his five missions for Britain today was different.

Bob Dylan wasn’t primarily known for being a political pundit but he was closer than he realised when he said ‘the times they are a changing’ and “you better start swimming, or you sink like a stone”. It’s great advice for any political party. Especially today’s Conservative Party.

Like most other health indicators, the issue of obesity impacts disadvantaged communities the most. Poor life expectancy, a higher incidence of serious diseases, poor neonatal health and maternal outcomes are just some of the other ways in which health inequality impedes access to opportunity for those who live there.

With perfect timing, coinciding with National Apprenticeship Week, the Government has announced the creation of four new government departments, recalibrating its commitment to a programme of growth and technological advance, driven by innovation and research.

Food, heating, hot water, decent housing - basic needs that are now at risk as the cost of living crisis undermines the things many of us took for granted. Students are probably some of its least visible casualties.

Exciting new opportunities are opening up in the utilities sector as UK Power Networks launches a new Digital Academy.

Inclusivity is key to a fairer, more equal society where everyone, whatever their background, can access opportunity and have the chance of a better life. That extends to financial inclusion too.

£600 million wasted in Apprenticeship Levy funding, despite rising demand for paid training among young people

A visit to Northumbria University by Justine Greening, Chair of the Purpose Coalition and former Education Secretary, confirmed its position as a modern university which has embedded quality research at the centre of everything it does, alongside a clear social mobility mission.

In partnership with former Public Health Minister Rt Hon Anne Milton and former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening, KMPT will produce an Impact Report to measure its social impact using the architecture of the Purpose Goals.

Getting a stronger plan in place is crucial for the Prime Minister and it has to be about working with and through local communities.

Staffordshire University were an early signatory to the Social Mobility Pledge and are committed to working with This Is Purpose on a mission to break down the potential barriers to aspiration.

Purpose Coalition businesses, universities and the wider public sector have reacted to the cost of living challenges looking at how they can support their communities, their customers and colleagues internally.

Hosted by the Purpose Coalition and the Adecco Group, one of the world’s biggest recruitment companies, it is the latest in a series of Opportunity Roadshows taking place at universities across the country over the next few months. The events bring together employers and students with the aim of improving their recruitment experience.

Cardiff Met University has launched a new report that sets out its social impact on its communities, staff and students.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) has become one of the first NHS organisations to launch an Impact Report outlining its impact in delivering social value across an innovative set of purpose-led measures.

Rt Hon Justine Greening visited the University of Bolton’s National Centre for Motorsport Engineering (NCME) and the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, to see for herself how students are learning practically, preparing them for the world of work.

With the stop-go status of the levelling up agenda given a definitive green light once again by the new Prime Minister, it’s more important than ever that central government hands the reins to local government to deliver meaningful equality of opportunity where it is most needed.

In recent years we have seen leading businesses move from the old model of corporate social responsibility, where doing good was seen as a bolt-on to a company’s core purpose, to a more progressive approach to environment, social and governance - ESG - which recognises that any organisation is moulded by their customers, their colleagues and the communities in which they are embedded.