The introduction of the National Living Wage two years ago has so far failed to significantly lift the living standards of low paid workers, a major report has revealed.

Theresa May is set to commit up to an extra £5bn per year to the NHS for the next four years.

Whilst optimistic that government departments and regulatory bodies can work collaboratively and effectively, there are concerns over areas where resources are already stretched, says the British Safety Council.

Two-thirds of voters believe Theresa May is doing a bad job of negotiating Britain's departure from the European Union.

Theresa May has been thrown into a fresh leadership crisis after rebel Tory MPs rejected her attempts to reach a peace deal on her Brexit plans.

Pro-Remain Cabinet minister David Lidington has said the prospect of re-joining the European Union will not come up in his political lifetime.

Tom Watson has accused Unite boss Len McCluskey of trying to oust him as Labour deputy leader.

The 28% fall in construction apprenticeship starts between August 2017 and March 2018 compared with the same period the previous academic year suggests the Government needs to look again at the way the Apprenticeship Levy is working, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Jacob Rees-Mogg has defended a City firm he co-founded after it set up an investment fund in Ireland and warned of the dangers of a hard Brexit.

This Government is determined to protect millions of workers, and build a future free of workplace sexual harassment and violence, says Alok Sharma MP, the Minister of State for Employment.  

Jeremy Corbyn has suffered his biggest ever Brexit rebellion as well as a raft of frontbench resignations as Labour's splits over Europe burst into the open.

Rebel Tory MPs have reacted angrily after Downing Street announced it was rejecting an attempt to give Parliament the power to prevent the UK leaving the European Union without a deal.

The SNP's Westminster leader was booted out of Prime Minister's Questions today after clashing with Speaker John Bercow - prompting a mass walkout by the party's MPs.

The government should write into statute a positive definition of self-employment to avoid the type of uncertainty over who is and who isn’t a contractor which led to the Pimlico Plumbers case, IPSE says.

Thousands of workers in the ‘gig economy’ are set to benefit from a major Supreme Court ruling on workers’ rights to holiday pay and other benefits.

The Treasury Committee has today published a unanimously-agreed Report on Women in Finance. The Chartered Insurance Institute responded saying: 

A visa scheme for entrepreneurs looking to set up new businesses in Britain has been unveiled by Sajid Javid.

A change from the outdated business rate regime system to a turnover tax would not only be far “simpler, fairer and popular”, argues Labour MP Rachael Maskell, it would also bring our high streets back to life.

Labour's sister party in Northern Ireland has warned that a hard border is likely to return on the island unless its MPs support membership of the European Economic Area.

Women are being held back from top-flight finance jobs by an “alpha male” culture, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

Theresa May has been plunged into a fresh crisis after the Brexit department denied that she had vowed to give Parliament a say on what happens if she fails to strike a withdrawal agreement with Brussels.

Theresa May has avoided a fresh leadership crisis after heading off a Tory rebellion with huge last-minute concessions on the Government's Brexit strategy.

In the second in a series of blog posts to be published this week focussing on HMRC’s online tool, IPSE explains why HMRC’s argument that mutuality of obligation exists in every engagement has been undermined by recent tax tribunal cases.

It’s been criticised in parliament and condemned by tax accountants as not fit for purpose. In a series of blogs this week, IPSE will explore the CEST tool and why it is wholly inadequate.