ECB wage tracker points to slightly higher negotiated wage growth in early 2027
The European Central Bank's headline wage tracker, updated with collective bargaining agreements signed up to mid-October 2026, shows negotiated wage growth of 2.3% for full-year 2026, based on coverage of 46.2% of employees in participating countries. The tracker rises to 2.7% in the second half of 2026 and 2.8% in the first half of 2027, then declines to 2.4% in the third quarter of 2027, where employee coverage is still limited at 23.3%. Compared with the September 2026 release, the headline tracker was revised upward by around 0.1 percentage points on average for the second half of 2026 and first half of 2027. Excluding one-off payments, the tracker averages 2.8% across the first three quarters of 2027, slightly above the 2.6% recorded for full-year 2026, indicating modestly higher permanent negotiated wage growth. The ECB cautioned that the forward-looking component should not be read as a forecast, as it reflects only currently available data from active collective bargaining agr
Government awards £6 million to local news outlets across England and Wales
The UK government is backing local journalism with £6 million in funding distributed among dozens of local news organisations across England and Wales, ranging from community radio stations and hyperlocal websites to print titles and local TV channels.
Recipients include Stand Up For Southport, which will use £122,800 to expand from a one-person operation into a small newsroom, and Central News Ltd, which receives £125,000 to revitalise court coverage across England and Wales. The Manchester Mill and Sheffield Tribune publisher receives £125,000 for a reader data and engagement platform, while the Bristol Cable gets £125,000 for a digital growth programme.
Smaller grants go to outlets such as the Totnes Pulse (£15,000 for a website rebuild) and Progress Publishing, publisher of the Bedford Independent (£10,000 to modernise its newsletter platform).
The funding covers a wide range of projects including AI-driven investigations tools, video journalism training, community correspondent
England targets TB-free status by 2038 with cattle and badger vaccines
The government has formally adopted a long-term strategy to eradicate bovine TB from England by 2038, Biosecurity Minister Baroness Hayman announced on 5 June 2026.
The share of herds losing TB-free status fell by a fifth over the past year, from 4.2% to 3.4%. No badgers were culled in 2026, the first year without a cull in more than a decade, fulfilling a manifesto pledge.
The strategy includes cattle vaccination, with a target deployment date of 2030, alongside a new skin test to distinguish vaccinated from infected animals. It also covers mandatory blood testing, expanded badger vaccination through a newly contracted Badger Vaccination Field Force, and a government-funded scheme to test found-dead badgers.
A new industry-government board is expected to replace the existing Bovine TB Partnership for England in 2027 and will oversee delivery of the strategy.
Some 20,244 cattle were removed for TB control in the 12 months to June 2026, down 4% from 21,126 the previous year, accordi
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