Iain Duncan Smith is to be questioned by MPs over his department's use of statistics. The Department of Work and Pensions was rebuked by the UK Statistics Authority this month for saying 8,000 people moved into employment as a result of the proposed introduction of the benefit cap. The claim was "unsupported by the offic...
The Government should treat the retail sector with the same importance as the aerospa...
HMRC will miss its savings target for fraud and error by £5bn due to "extremely poor"...
George Osborne's austerity plans “will be a drag on growth” at a time when the public...
Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have both attacked Google over the search engine giant’s t...
Labour press release Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on SSE's annual results which showed a 5.6% increase in pr...
Labour press release Chris Leslie MP, Labour's Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury, responding to the PAC report on the National Infrastructure Plan, said:...
ONS press release The Burden of Property Debt in Great Britain The share of households in Great Britain who thought making their mortgage payments was ‘a heavy...
Welsh Government press release Essential Skills in the Workplace - Deputy Minster for Skills and Technology, Jeff Cuthbert AM I have a strong belief that learni...
SNP press release Commenting on the news that the latest IMF assessment has found that the UK economy is still a long way from 'a strong and sustainable recovery'...
SNP MSP Bob Doris has welcomed statistics showing the amount of alcohol sold in Scotland has fallen by 2.6 per cent in the year since the ban on multi-buy deals was ...
SNP press release Commenting on the news that the latest IMF assessment has found that the UK economy is still a long way from 'a strong and sustainable recovery'...
No one is whispering green shoots yet. But there’s a glimmer of good news for George Osborne today as fresh data surveys suggest that the dreaded ‘Trip Dip’ rec...
Civitas press release The Catch 22 for UK manufacturing • Whitehall policy is reinforcing Britain's competitive disadvantage • An active industrial policy is...
CWU press release CWU's consultative ballot of Royal Mail workers opens today (Wednesday). The union is sending ballot papers to 112,000 postal workers in Royal Ma...
Labour press release Hilary Benn MP, Labour's Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, responding to the latest planning reform proposal by Eric Pickles...
Google chief Eric Schmidt has defended his company's tax arrangements following damning criticism from Ed Miliband today. Mr Schmidt said his company was "absoute...
CWU press release CWU's consultative ballot of Royal Mail workers opens today (Wednesday). The union is sending ballot papers to 112,000 postal workers in Royal Ma...
Laura Sandys said companies needed to translate appliance units of consumption into ones "people actually understand". “I think ultimately we’ve got the wrong uni...
Welsh Government press release Too many questions about welfare changes remain unanswered - Minister The UK Government’s welfare changes are throwing a question...
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