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Does The Treasury Value Regions?
Does The Treasury Value Regions?
Economy
Benedict Cooper looks at the thorny issue of how we can guarantee an equal share of the pie around the country
Rachel Reeves Is Borrowing From The Old To Bring About Growth
Economy
Rachel Reeves Is Borrowing From The Old To Bring About Growth
The Fiscal Triangle: How The Treasury Decides What To Spend
Economy
The Fiscal Triangle: How The Treasury Decides What To Spend
Cost Of Living Pressures Will Be 'Bleak' During Labour's First Christmas In Power
Communities
Cost Of Living Pressures Will Be "Bleak" During Labour's First Christmas In Power
Frustrated Labour MPs Say WASPI Decision Shows Government Is 'In A Bunker'
Economy
Frustrated Labour MPs Say WASPI Decision Shows Government Is "In A Bunker"
How Do You Get Money Out Of The Treasury?
Economy
How Do You Get Money Out Of The Treasury?
Is It Time To Split Up The Treasury?
Economy
Is It Time To Split Up The Treasury?
The House Live
Absolute power - why HMT's iron grip is bad for democracy
Economy
By Harriett Baldwin MP
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 Partner content
Economy
By Which?
Government must listen to all businesses on economic growth - not just the regulation refuseniks
The new Community Right to Buy will be a lasting legacy of this Labour government
Communities
By Joe Fortune
The new Community Right to Buy will be a lasting legacy of this Labour government
Most read
Here's how we stand up to far-right billionaires threatening our democracy
Here's how we stand up to far-right billionaires threatening our democracy
By Carla Denyer
Foreign affairs
Rachel Reeves Is Borrowing From The Old To Bring About Growth
Rachel Reeves Is Borrowing From The Old To Bring About Growth
Economy
Keir Starmer Says 'Line Has Been Crossed' After Elon Musk's Attacks On UK Politicians
Keir Starmer Says "Line Has Been Crossed" After Elon Musk's Attacks On UK Politicians
Home affairs
Editor's choiceAll
Interview: Joe Fortune, the quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary
Economy
By Sienna Rodgers
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
Sharon Graham: 'I worry the Treasury has a hand in stopping some of the vision'
Economy
By Sienna Rodgers
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
Jonathan Reynolds: 'You don’t get the nice things unless you’ve got discipline'
Economy
By Sienna Rodgers
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
Economy news
Partner content
Economy
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
The Chancellor is finally thinking small first
ACCA gives its view on the Chancellors eighth budget
Partner content
Economy
By Scope
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 Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
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.
Budget must be about the national interest, not Osborne’s leadership ambitions
Economy
By Rachel Reeves MP
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.
Partner content
Economy
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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 Partner content
Economy
By Glass and Glazing Federation
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 Partner content
Education
By Career Ready
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 Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
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.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Insurance Institute
Surge in insurance apprenticeships
New figures from the CII show a 50% increase in technical insurance apprenticeship starts since 2013.
Partner content
Economy
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
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).
Partner content
Economy
By Solicitors Regulation Authority
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).
Government failing to increase 'quality' apprenticeships
Education
By Angela Eagle MP
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”.
Apprenticeship levy must have 'clear and coherent strategy for implementation'
Education
By Hannah Bardell MP
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". 
Partner content
Education
By Federation of Master Builders
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).
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Management Institute
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 Partner content
Economy
By PoliticsHome
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.
Partner content
Economy
By Saga
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.
Partner content
Economy
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
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 Partner content
Communities
By EY
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 Partner content
Economy
By NCFE
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.
Partner content
Economy
By National Audit Office
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.
Partner content
Economy
By EY
EY’s Budget 2016 predictions: Targeting tax revenues to balance the books
Faced with a slowing economy and challenging public finances, the Chancellor is expected to focus on revenue raising measures to help him deliver his fiscal mandate
'Changes to Sunday shop opening hours will hurt families'
Economy
By Mary Creagh
'Changes to Sunday shop opening hours will hurt families'
Labour's Mary Creagh explains why she will be voting to 'keep Sunday special' later today and writes that the Sunday Trading proposals 'have no strong economic case'.
As Osborne sets a Budget for his party, Labour must earn the trust of the country
Economy
By Chris Leslie
As Osborne sets a Budget for his party, Labour must earn the trust of the country
Former Shadow Chief Secretary and Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie writes ahead of the Budget: 'with the Chancellor’s focus narrowing, Labour must show we can offer a credible alternative'.
EventsAll
Where and How can AI Support Citizen Services?
2025
Online
Where and How can AI Support Citizen Services?
CSW Collaboration Conference
2025
London
CSW Collaboration Conference