GMB reveals some shipyards ‘only ever one order away from closure.’

GMB reaction to today's Government’s green paper on defined benefit pensions which outlines a plan to reduce promised indexation for some pensions. 

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, has commented on the Education Select Committee’s report into the recruitment and retention of teachers.

Building Societies continue to demonstrate that they offer greater value to long-suffering savers than banks, figures produced by Savings Champion has shown.

OBR forecast set to deliver some Budget day fiscal cheer for Chancellor but radical policy changes look unlikely.

Scope's Head of Policy and Public Affairs, James Taylor, welcomes the Government's commitment to halve the disability employment gap, but urges them to be ambitious with their reforms.

Shadow Spokesperson for Exiting the European Union Baroness Dianne Hayter writes about Labour Lords' strategy for improving the Article 50 Bill.

Letter from former trustee suggests potential sponsors were turned away from failing academy.

The recruitment and retention crisis engulfing the teaching profession is at risk of worsening because of the widening pay gap between teaching and other professions, new research commissioned by the NASUWT has found. 

The Chartered Institute of Building CEO Chris Blythe speaks to PoliticsHome about combating modern slavery in the industry as they launch a toolkit to help tackle the problem.

Following his meeting with Greg Clark, the secretary of state for business and industrial strategy, the leader of the UK’s biggest union, Unite, said that General Motors had a moral duty to stand by the UK workforce – and repeated his call for the backing given by government to Nissan, to ensure that it maintains its UK car production when the UK leaves the European Union, is offered to the rest of the UK car industry.

The House of Lords may be in no mood to threaten the bill as a whole; but the chance of amendment is strong, says Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Teverson.

Facilitated by the CBI Minerals Group and the Mineral Products Association, the UK mineral extraction industry have launched a consultation which seeks stakeholder views on a proposed UK Minerals Strategy.

Unite members working for British Airways’ mixed fleet piled further pressure on the airline today (Tuesday 14 February) by announcing  a further four days of strikes on top of the four days of action planned for later this week running from 00:01 on Friday (17 February) to 23:59 on Monday (20 February).

Seaweed, shipping containers, clay plaster and macaroons feature in the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards shortlist.

The UK’s biggest union has called for the government `to get a grip’ on the funding of major infrastructure projects, following today’s (Tuesday 14 February) announcement that Toshiba is to wait yet another month before confirming its intentions towards the Moorside nuclear power station in Cumbria.

Defence secretary Michael Fallon has been warned that there will be further delays to the government’s flagship Trident programme, unless the long-running pensions’ dispute at AWE plc - the Atomic Weapons Establishment - is settled.

Government must rule out slashing corporation tax and turning UK into a tax haven after Brexit, says Jon Date, Tax Advocacy Adviser, at ActionAid.

McLaren Automotive has announced the first details of its new Composites Technology Centre.

Higher mineral products demand in Great Britain through 2016, and particularly in the last quarter, indicates momentum in construction activity as we start 2017.

Rachel Reeves MP urges the Government to set a maximum cap on overdraft charges to protect the most vulnerable customers from unwarranted borrowing charges.

Nationwide Building Society gives its response to the Government’s Housing White Paper announced yesterday.

Ahead of his Westminster Hall debate today, Labour MP Chuka Umunna renews his demand for a public inquiry into victims of blacklisting.

The latest tranche of Post Office job losses is another example of ‘the rickety management’ that is driving a much-valued national institution into the ground, Unite, the country’s largest union, said tonight (Tuesday 7 February).