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Today, home furnishings retailer IKEA announces total sales of £1.814 billion in the UK for the financial year ending 31 August 2017 (FY17), an uplift of +5.8% compared to the previous year. This is IKEA UK’s sixth consecutive year of growth, with a +57% increase in sales over the last six years.
The UK could end up “like an old people’s home that can’t pay for itself” after Brexit, George Freeman has warned.
The Government's fiscal watchdog should use climate change data in its economic forecasting, John McDonnell has said.
Pro-EU campaigners are calling for a Cabinet Office investigation after Liam Fox's department appeared to criticise official government forecasts.
The Government stands accused of quietly adding an amendment to its crucial Brexit legislation offering a get-out to its promise of leaving the EU at a specific time and date.
Sadiq Khan has said crashing out of the European Union without a trade deal would leave London ‘less safe’ in the face of major crime threats.
David Hawkes, Policy Manager at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) responds to reports that the Budget will be focusing on plans for special 'skills villages' alongside construction sites in order to quickly train workers.
MPs have issued a warning that leaving the EU without a proper new customs system in place would be "catastrophic".
Almost one in five European doctors working in the NHS are planning to leave Britain, according to new research.
The Brexit Secretary is reportedly furious with Michael Gove and Boris Johnson’s attempt to steer the UK’s exit from the EU, after a letter from the pair to the Prime Minister was leaked over the weekend.
European business leaders have urged the Government to make its Brexit plans clear or risk confidence in the British economy.
Almost 500 amendments have been tabled to a crucial piece of Brexit legislation. But what exactly are MPs demanding from the Government?
MPs are to be given a binding vote on the terms of the final Brexit deal struck between the Government and the rest of the EU, David Davis has announced.
The life sciences industry boosts Britain’s economy – we can’t afford to ignore the concerns of this sector in the Brexit talks, writes Daniel Zeichner
The former Attorney General has launched a stinging attack on the Government's "thoroughly stupid" decision to put the date of Brexit into law.
Michel Barnier has said the European Commission is making preparations in case Brexit negotiations with the UK collapse.
Speaking to PoliticsHome, Labour’s Margaret Hodge argues that the Paradise Papers showed there is one rule for the super-rich and another for everyone else when it comes to paying tax.
Nigel Farage and other Brexiteer MEPs are due their share of a £6m payoff as Britain leaves the EU, it has been reported.
The Government is drawing up plans for a new environment watchdog to shore up wildlife and pollution protections after Brexit, Michael Gove has declared.
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have been accused of launching a ‘soft coup’ against Theresa May after they wrote her a letter detailing a series of Brexit demands.
Allies of Boris Johnson have warned the UK must not give in to demands for a bigger EU ‘divorce bill’ in the wake of Brussels new deadline.
Philip Hammond is sounding out the implications of a Budget revamp of VAT for small firms that could raise up to £2bn a year for the Treasury.
Northern Ireland could avoid a hard border with the republic by continuing to apply the rules of the EU’s single market and customs union, according to the Irish prime minister.
Ahead of Committee stage of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced the first in a series of briefings.