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Labour Economist: Paying More Taxes Will Make People Happier

20 Jul Economy

Labour peer and economist Lord Layard has spent years researching happiness. He tells Sophie Church why putting happiness at the heart of policy will keep Labour in power for longer

17 Jul Environment

Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech

11 Jul Economy

New Labour MPs To Face Immediate Pressure Over Two-Child Cap

11 Jul Environment

MPs Urge Ofwat To Act As Water Bills Rise While Shareholder Dividends Continue

14 Jun Economy

Tory Focus On Immigration Has Little Appeal For Voters Moving To Labour

05 Jun Economy

Lack Of Transparency From Parties Over Incoming Cuts Is "Frustrating" Says Top Economist

13 May Defence

Rishi Sunak Appeals To Voters To Trust Tories With UK Security

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26 Jul Defence

Spend on defence, not scrapping the two child benefit cap

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26 Jul Health

What is the future of work?

Championing the UK in a competitive global marketplace

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23 Jul Economy

Championing the UK in a competitive global marketplace

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Who Replaces Rishi Sunak? Here Are The Leading Runners And Riders

27 Jul Political parties

Labour Showing ‘Seriousness’ By Moving EU 'Reset' Job To Cabinet Office

25 Jul Brexit

Spend on defence, not scrapping the two child benefit cap

26 Jul Defence

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17 Jul Environment

Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.

23 Apr Communities

Closing time: what next for London's pubs?

Few sectors of industry have taken more of a beating in the last few years than that of the British pub. Jimmy McIntosh has been documenting those in London that have died, and asks what it means for the communities they serve

15 Apr Communities

Jamie Driscoll predicts 'big upset' for Labour in North East mayoral race

North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll speaks to Sienna Rodgers about quitting the Labour Party and why he is confident of winning the North East mayoral race as an independent

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

ABI: Full Budget reaction on IPT, Lifetime ISAs and CMC regulation

Responding to today's Budget, Huw Evans, Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) made the following comments.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget a ‘missed opportunity’ in race to meet housing targets, warns FMB

This Budget may prove to be a missed opportunity in the Governments race against time to meet its own housing targets, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned in response to the Budget Statement.

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16 Mar 2016 Health

Budget 2016: Government has failed to support unpaid carers

Responding to todays Budget, GailScott-Spicer, CEO ofCarersTrust, said:

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

The Chancellor is finally thinking small first

ACCA gives its view on the Chancellors eighth budget

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Chancellor's benefit changes 'will make many disabled people’s lives harder' - Scope

Disability charity Scope responds to todays budget in which the Chancellor confirmed changes to disability benefits.

The deficit Osborne doesn’t like to talk about – solving the healthcare crisis

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16 Mar 2016 Health

The deficit Osborne doesn’t like to talk about – solving the healthcare crisis

An ageing population combined with diminishing funds for social care has led the charity Independent Age to appeal for a health and care budget that looks beyond short-term efficiency. To avoid further crisis in the NHS, it calls on the Government to create an independent Care Commission tasked with securing the long-term future of social care.

16 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget must be about the national interest, not Osborne’s leadership ambitions

Rachel Reeves MP accuses the Chancellor of using the Budget as a 'job application' for next Tory leader.

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15 Mar 2016 Economy

Dare to be boring, accountancy body tells Chancellor

ACCA offers advice to Chancellor ahead of Budget

Budget 2016: Chancellor must make UK building stock more energy efficient

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15 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget 2016: Chancellor must make UK building stock more energy efficient

Ahead of this week's Budget, the Glass and Glazing Federation urges a greener budget from the Chancellor

Don’t make your daughter go to university

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Don’t make your daughter go to university

The Chief Executive of national charity, Career Ready, urges teachers and parents to consider new professional apprenticeships as valid alternatives to higher education.

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

‘Degree apprenticeships’ have been lauded by Universities UK (UUK) and Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, as ‘life-changing opportunities’ with the potential to plug more specific skills gaps.

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14 Mar 2016 Economy

Surge in insurance apprenticeships

New figures from the CII show a 50% increase in technical insurance apprenticeship starts since 2013.

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14 Mar 2016 Economy

Pledge to tackle silica dust made at IOSH roundtable event

The first step towards the development of a new cross-industry approach on the control of mineral dust in the workplace has been taken today (Monday 14 March), says the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

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14 Mar 2016 Economy

IT innovation in the legal sector

Use of technology can enable law firms to do more for clients, according to the latest marketplace report from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

14 Mar 2016 Education

Government failing to increase 'quality' apprenticeships

Shadow BIS secretary, Angela Eagle, warns that “when it comes to apprenticeships, the Government is overly focused on quantity over quality”.

14 Mar 2016 Education

Apprenticeship levy must have 'clear and coherent strategy for implementation'

SNP Spokesperson for Business, Innovation and Skills, Hannah Bardell, says "the implementation of the apprenticeship levy and the proportion allocated to Scotland is far from clear".

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11 Mar 2016 Education

Nearly 60% of construction bosses start their careers as an apprentice - research

Nearly 60% of SME construction owners started their career as an apprentice, according to new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (14th to 18th March).

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11 Mar 2016 Economy

Parents favour Degree Apprenticeships ahead of Oxbridge education

Parental pride in child achieving professional Chartered status helps build status of new Degree Apprenticeships

What we can expect from Osborne in next week’s Budget

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11 Mar 2016 Economy

What we can expect from Osborne in next week’s Budget

PoliticsHome’s news editor Josh May sets out the political context into which the Chancellor will announce his Budget.

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10 Mar 2016 Economy

Chancellor told: Grasp opportunity to abolish car tax

George Osborne has been urged to be radical in his forthcoming Budget and abolish the complex and clearly unfair car tax.

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10 Mar 2016 Economy

Local business welcomes female students to mark International Women’s Day

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Your Life hosts visit at Uxbridge headquarters to promote women in business.

Preparing for devolution to England’s city regions - EY report

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10 Mar 2016 Communities

Preparing for devolution to England’s city regions - EY report

The Government’s devolution agenda could be a “historic rebalancing of power away from London”, but a number of obstacles still stand in its way, according to a new report from EY.

Technical and professional education is the path to productivity

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10 Mar 2016 Economy

Technical and professional education is the path to productivity

National awarding organisation and technical education provider NCFE calls on the Chancellor to provide an ongoing commitment to funding Technical and Professional Education in next week's Budget.

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10 Mar 2016 Economy

BIS’s capital investment in science projects

The Department for Business, Innovation Skills invests in science to support economic growth and improve national productivity. Capital spending on science projects was 1.1 billion in 2014-15, and this will be maintained every year up to 2021. The department, however, needs to develop a more systematic and informed approach to investing in science projects, according to todays report from the National Audit Office.

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