Two-thirds of those running small and medium-sized (SME) construction firms are struggling to hire bricklayers and carpenters as construction skills shortages hit a ‘record high’, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

The British Plastics Federation Director General writes of the progress the industry has made to increase plastic recycling and calls on the government to work with the sector to increase the UK's potential in this area, whilst protecting the 170,000 UK jobs in the UK plastics industry.

The UK risks becoming a "VHS economy" if it listens to big business and pursues continued regulatory alignment with the EU, Michael Gove has reportedly warned colleagues.

Companies which do not recognise trade unions are among those which could be stripped of public sector contracts under a Labour government.

There is a more ambitious reform to Stamp Duty that can be made fairer for all involved, writes Conservative MP John Stevenson.

Ukip leader Henry Bolton has insisted he will not resign despite more than half of the party's frontbench resigning en masse in protest.

Ukip chairman Paul Oakden urged Henry Bolton to quit as leader, PoliticsHome can reveal, as the embattled boss was hit by a fresh string of resignations.

SSE today announced that it is one of 104 companies from ten sectors to join the inaugural 2018 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI).

Philip Hammond must lift restrictions on councils and let them borrow as much as they need to meet government housebuilding targets, an influential committee of MPs has declared.

Top Brussels officials are reportedly working on a secret plan to push the British government towards staying in the EU's customs union after Brexit. 

A former Labour frontbencher has accused John McDonnell of talking "claptrap" after he suggested the UK could continue to enjoy the same benefits of European single market membership even if it quits the free trade agreement.

Theresa May has launched an extraordinary attack on irresponsible bosses who “line their own pockets” - amid claims they could be hit with huge fines.

French President Emmanuel Macron has handed a boost to Theresa May by saying the UK could get a special trade deal with the EU after Brexit.

A shortage of aprons in the NHS is forcing staff to waste time searching for suitable replacements, potentially putting patients at risk.

Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington has suggested that Britain could rejoin the bloc, but only if it saw substantial reforms.

It was to be a very long stretch of road with a casino dumped in the middle. In this exclusive interview with PoliticsHome, Lord Fowler lifts the lid on the Thatcher-era plan for a bridge across the Channel.

Theresa May has again refused to say whether she would vote for Brexit if there was another EU referendum.

A massive 90% of Labour MPs believe the UK could stay in the single market after Brexit, despite Jeremy Corbyn insisting the opposite, a new poll has suggested.

Ex-government infrastructure guru Lord Adonis has slammed the “fantasy” proposal by Boris Johnson to build a massive bridge linking Britain and France.

Diane Abbott has hailed the triumph of the Labour left, claiming that "no one can now remember that they supported Tony Blair". 

The Fitness for Human Habitation Bill  is a crucial opportunity to ensure that all properties that are let to tenants are fit for human habitation at the beginning of the tenancy, and remain so throughout, says Nationwide. 

A profit warning issued by construction giant Carillion last year did not prompt a single top minister to meet the firm before it was awarded public contracts worth more than a billion pounds.

Boris Johnson has suggested that a massive bridge should be built across the Channel to link Britain and France.

Theresa May is in line for fresh embarrassment after it emerged Donald Trump plans to snub her offer to “clear the air” at the World Economic Forum in Davos.