As National Inclusion Week closes, Southeastern shines a spotlight on the vital role of women in the rail and engineering sectors.

For Rishi Sunak, almost a year into his premiership, the Conference his is - perhaps final - chance to set out a vision for Britain under his leadership. 

A groundbreaking report which assesses students’ basic needs was launched today at an event hosted by Staffordshire University and the Purpose Coalition on the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

In a recent visit Rt. Hon Justine Greening was hosted by Sodexo UK&I Chief Executive Officer, Sean Haley, at Northumbria University.

Royal Mail has launched Future Delivered, the company’s most significant employment programme to tackle youth unemployment across the UK. Royal Mail is driving the company’s largest growth in entry level opportunities, aiming to be an employer of choice for the next generation.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, has today met with Clive Higgins of Leonardo UK - a leading Purpose Coalition Member - alongside former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening, and former Skills Minister Rt Hon Anne Milton to discuss and explore reform to the apprenticeship levy.

As young people across the country get ready to start university, new evidence of a care ceiling has emerged with a warning that if you are a care leaver you are more likely to end up in a prison cell than in a lecture hall.

A new project that will explore how social mobility in the legal profession can be improved across the country, with a focus on regional firms and the key role they play, was launched today by Chair of the Purpose Coalition and former Education Secretary, Rt Hon Justine Greening.

Liverpool Hope University today announced its partnership with the Purpose Universities Coalition. As part of the agreement, the University will develop an Impact Report to assess its current social impact and consider how it can go even further in delivering opportunity.

A new report has highlighted how the current council funding formula means that large parts of the country face a social mobility penalty.

If you are born in a position of disadvantage, it will be harder now than at any point over the last half century to move up the social ladder.

You’re much less likely to survive a cardiac arrest if you live in a deprived area of England and Scotland, new research suggests.

Sir Keir Starmer may have pulled one or two punches by leaving all the biggest jobs in his Shadow Cabinet

unchanged, but the significance of the changes he has made to several mid-level roles should not be underestimated.

Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer has today announced a reshuffle of his Shadow Cabinet - expected to be his final before the General Election, and giving the party an opportunity to fire the starting gun on the campaign at their Conference in a little over a month.

An estimated 340,000 people died whilst on a waiting list in 2022, compared to 240,000 in 2017 - a 42 per cent rise, which represents more than 60 per cent of all deaths in England. 

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today announced a mini-reshuffle of his Cabinet, following Ben Wallace’s decision to stand down.

Anchor, England’s largest provider of specialist housing and care for those in later life, today announced its partnership with the Purpose Health and Social Care Coalition to produce an Impact Report into its work.

We all have a stake in fixing the regional and class-driven disadvantage that the exam results expose

Looking at news reports of students getting their A-level and GCSE results this past fortnight, I recall how easy it is at that age to feel like you should have your whole life mapped out.

This week’s GCSE results returned to pre-pandemic levels but they also indicated a widening regional divide amongst a cohort of pupils that had already been adversely affected by the impact of Covid.