Last week UCAS announced the number of applications to universities for courses this autumn. It has been another near record-breaking year with 314,660 UK 18-year-olds applying to go to University, some 41.5% of the cohort being the second highest ever.
This week the Prime Minister reorganised Government, emphasising his drive to achieve Net Zero by creating a reformed Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, a single energy department to maintain the UK's global leadership on climate change and grasp the opportunities from renewables.
As I wrote my Letter from Westminster this time last year, we were a nation still deep in the throes of the Covid pandemic. Twelve months later, the darkest days of the pandemic are behind us but for those who lost loved ones, life will never be quite the same again.
The United Kingdom has a proud history of supporting those in need of protection. Since 2015, the UK has resettled over 27,000 refugees through safe and legal routes directly from areas of conflict and instability. This includes individuals from Hong Kong, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine.