A government minister has said he would be prepared to resign or be sacked if Theresa May does not let Tory MPs vote to stop a no-deal Brexit this week.

Scottish Affairs Committee Chair Pete Wishart MP calls on the UK Government to make a cast-iron guarantee to involve the devolved administrations in all stages of negotiating post-Brexit trade deals, including having a seat at the negotiating table.

A small dairy brand plans on making a big impact by switching from plastic bottles to paper-based cartons. The new cartons use 80% less plastic than previous plastic milk bottle.

Brexit could be lost “in the next couple of weeks” if MPs fail to back Theresa May’s deal, Jeremy Hunt has warned.

Theresa May has been told that she faces an “inevitable” defeat in getting her Brexit agreement through the Commons without concessions from the EU on the Northern Ireland backstop.

Ministers are reportedly preparing to force Theresa May to announce that she will stand down by the end of June in a bid to win MPs’ support on Brexit.

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has launched a bitter attack on Michael Barnier as talks between the UK and EU remained deadlocked.

Ministers have been accused of hiding hundreds of millions of pounds in costs related to Brexit that are set to hit taxpayers and businesses.

Tech giants have accused the Government of putting billions of pounds of investment in the UK economy at risk by planning to slap a new tax on their activities.

A multi-million pound government housing project that has failed to build a single home has not been “an enormous success,” a Tory minister has admitted.

If the Government wants to tackle the construction skills shortage, it must support SMEs 

Theresa May has urged MPs and the European Union to help her “get it done” ahead of next week’s crunch Commons vote on her beleaguered Brexit deal.

IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) welcomes the Business, Energy and Industrial Select Committee’s (BEIS) call to allow the Small Business Commissioner to fine companies who pay freelancers late.

The number of women turning to self-employment has risen by 57 per cent since 2008, a new report by IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has found. That is more than double the increase in self-employed men in the same period, with two of the most common reasons for the change being better income (23%) and better work conditions (22%).

 

Britain's efforts to fight international money laundering must not be watered down to land post-Brexit trade deals, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

In the run-up to International Women’s day, Lloyds Banking Group, in partnership with The House, hosted a roundtable discussion and drinks reception on the topic of diversity in business. Parliamentarians, industry experts, social entrepreneurs and small business leaders came together to discuss the barriers women face in business and what needs to change to achieve equality of opportunity. Geoffrey Lyons reports

Today, like many other businesses around the country, IKEA will be celebrating International Women’s Day. 

On this International Women's Day, Maria Miller MP says women can too often find themselves trapped in low wagged work to get that flexibility they need with no prospect of progression. 

Theresa May will call on the European Union to make concessions on the Irish backstop as she launched a last-ditch bid to agree a new Brexit deal.

A second referendum would mean taking part in the European Parliament elections. Those campaigning for it must be straight with voters, writes Stephen Kinnock

The awards reflect the dynamic nature of the construction industry and the excellent standards that have been achieved. 

Pro-EU campaigners have blasted the Government after it emerged the top civil servant in the Brexit department will quit the day the UK leaves the EU.

The Prime Minister has given us a botched deal. But the British people believe we will be better off out – and Labour must listen, writes Ronnie Campbell

Jeremy Corbyn has held talks with Conservative backbenchers as Labour continues to push for a softer form of Brexit that can win a Commons majority.