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Does The Treasury Value Regions?

06 Jan Economy

Benedict Cooper looks at the thorny issue of how we can guarantee an equal share of the pie around the country

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Rachel Reeves Is Borrowing From The Old To Bring About Growth

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The Fiscal Triangle: How The Treasury Decides What To Spend

23 Dec 2024 Communities

Cost Of Living Pressures Will Be "Bleak" During Labour's First Christmas In Power

18 Dec 2024 Economy

Frustrated Labour MPs Say WASPI Decision Shows Government Is "In A Bunker"

16 Dec 2024 Economy

How Do You Get Money Out Of The Treasury?

14 Dec 2024 Economy

Is It Time To Split Up The Treasury?

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06 Jan Economy

Absolute power - why HMT's iron grip is bad for democracy

Government must listen to all businesses on economic growth - not just the regulation refuseniks

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20 Dec 2024 Economy

Government must listen to all businesses on economic growth - not just the regulation refuseniks

16 Dec 2024 Communities

The new Community Right to Buy will be a lasting legacy of this Labour government

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Here's how we stand up to far-right billionaires threatening our democracy

07 Jan Foreign affairs

Rachel Reeves Is Borrowing From The Old To Bring About Growth

06 Jan Economy

Keir Starmer Says "Line Has Been Crossed" After Elon Musk's Attacks On UK Politicians

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16 Oct 2024 Economy

Interview: Joe Fortune, the quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary

An actual giant of the labour movement? Sienna Rodgers speaks to the tall and quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary, Joe Fortune. Photography by Elio Zhang

23 Sep 2024 Economy

Sharon Graham: 'I worry the Treasury has a hand in stopping some of the vision'

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham talks to Sienna Rodgers about her Celtic upbringing, the ongoing factional fight within her union, and why she blames the Treasury for a lack of vision in government

22 Sep 2024 Economy

Jonathan Reynolds: 'You don’t get the nice things unless you’ve got discipline'

Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds talks to Sienna Rodgers about how ‘nice things’ require fiscal discipline, finding the ‘balance’ on workers’ rights, and his opposition to assisted dying

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22 Mar 2016 Economy

U-turn on disability benefit reforms welcomed by disability charity

Disability charity Scope says disabled people will be relieved that there are no further plans to cut the welfare budget.

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22 Mar 2016 Economy

Investment industry launches Productivity Action Plan to boost British economy and end short-termism

The Investment Association has today unveiled an industry-wide Productivity Action Plan to boost the UK economy through long-term investment, helping to reverse the UK's Productivity problem. The Action Plan devised by the IA, has been welcomed by Government, referenced by the Chancellor in the 2016 Budget, and aims to catalyse the provision of long-term finance and enhance investor stewardship.

Joining forces and collaboration – will lead us to sustainable manufacturing for the future

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21 Mar 2016 Environment

Joining forces and collaboration – will lead us to sustainable manufacturing for the future

Coca-Cola Enterprises MD Leendert den Hollander writes to mark the publication of a joint report with Cranfield University on sustainability in the food and drink industry in Great Britain.

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21 Mar 2016 Environment

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Cranfield University launch vision for sustainable food and drink manufacturing

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has today released the final findings from its industry research partnership with Cranfield University; entitled Sustainable Manufacturing for the Future.

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21 Mar 2016 Education

Driving business innovation with 3D printing and digital technologies

Several companies attended an exclusive business event on Thursday 17 March, organised by the University of Hertfordshires Digital Hack Lab.

21 Mar 2016 Economy

Jonathan Ashworth MP: Osborne 'has failed his party, failed the economy and failed our country'

Shadow Minister without portfolio, Jonathan Ashworth MP writes for PoliticsHome following last week's Budget and the subsequent resignation of DWP Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

Budget 2016 will bolster Britain’s saving culture

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18 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget 2016 will bolster Britain’s saving culture

Saga Investment Services applauds the Chancellor’s plans to increase the ISA allowance, cut capital gains tax and create a Lifetime ISA for the under 40s.

Investment in skills and employability more important than making schools into academies

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17 Mar 2016 Education

Investment in skills and employability more important than making schools into academies

The Government’s announcement that all schools will be required to become academies must not be at the expense of investing in vital skills so crucially needed by industry, warns the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

GMB: Budget 2016 does nothing for NHS and care sector members

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17 Mar 2016 Economy

GMB: Budget 2016 does nothing for NHS and care sector members

In a swift response to the chancellor’s 2016 Budget, the trade union GMB has condemned the package for failing to support those in the health sector.

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17 Mar 2016 Economy

Passengers to be able to use low-cost mobile broadband on planes

Passengers will soon be able to use low-cost mobile broadband on planes thanks to £300,000 prize

Construction industry reacts positively to business friendly Budget

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17 Mar 2016 Economy

Construction industry reacts positively to business friendly Budget

As the Chancellor George Osborne delivers his 2016 Budget, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) provides its reaction to today’s headline commitments and announcements affecting the built environment.

City analysts at EY break down the Budget

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17 Mar 2016 Economy

City analysts at EY break down the Budget

Top professional services firm, EY, offers its analysis of the most significant developments in the 2016 Budget.

Apprenticeships still have an image problem – report

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17 Mar 2016 Education

Apprenticeships still have an image problem – report

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Apprenticeship Levy, due to be introduced in April, and in line with National Apprenticeships Week, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is publishing a report into how young people perceive non-academic education. ACCA's chief executive Helen Brand tells PoliticsHome about the findings.

17 Mar 2016 Economy

Chancellor’s weak productivity plan is failing UK

The former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury argues that a more humble Chancellor would accept his efforts to boost UK productivity aren’t working and make some changes.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget 2016: New Lifetime ISA welcomed

Responding to the Chancellors Budget, Robin Fieth, Chief Executive of the Building Societies Association, said:

The big macroeconomic question – do the sums add up?

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

The big macroeconomic question – do the sums add up?

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Exeter Business School, Professor John Maloney blogs for PoliticsHome on today's Budget.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Impact of PIP changes on those living with an illness or disability

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has confirmed reductions to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in today's Budget; however no additional cuts have been announced to welfare and support.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

What did the Budget do for the next generation?

The chancellor called this a Budget for the next generation. However, a look through the detail suggests to the exact opposite being true.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

New life time ISAs could herald the long term demise of private pensions

Responding to the BudgetCarolineAbrahams, Charity Director for Age UK, said: