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The Rundown Podcast: Last Orders For Britain's Pubs?

18 Apr Economy

With the Commons in recess, the podcast has headed down to the pub again to discuss the UK’s hospitality industry and the struggles it continues to face. A host of global headwinds and domestic policy contribute to a bleak outlook for the sector in 2025.

16 Apr Environment

Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator

12 Apr Economy

Bill To Save British Steel Passes In One Day

11 Apr Economy

Inside The Controversial Decision To Rid The UK Of Its Plutonium Stores

10 Apr Economy

How Trump's Tariffs Could Affect Personal Finances In The UK

07 Apr Economy

Trump’s Tariffs Are A “Profound” Challenge And “Not A Passing Phase”, Says PM

03 Apr Economy

Government To Consult On Potential UK Retaliation To Trump's Tariffs

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17 Apr Environment

Defra has lost its way

17 Apr Communities

Amid Trump's trade war, co-operative economics can thrive

10 Apr Economy

I cannot support welfare reform on the backs of the most vulnerable

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Alastair Campbell Tells Labour To Set Up MP Group To Attack Reform

15 Apr Political parties

How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line

19 Apr Political parties

Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts

17 Apr Political parties

Senior Tories Meet German Counterparts To Discuss Rebuilding and Fighting Reform

15 Apr Foreign affairs

We cannot deny Reform’s appeal – but these fake patriots do not stand for British values

15 Apr Political parties

Recipes For Disaster: The Bacon Sandwich

17 Apr Political parties

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26 Mar Economy

Why Britain Can't Build

We can’t start to clear away the blockers until we understand how we erected them in the first place; Michael Dnes details how thousands of sane decisions have led us to the current madness. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall

24 Mar Economy

Ben Houchen: "I Don’t Have A Bad Word To Say About How No 10 Have Engaged With Me”

Ben Houchen survived against the odds last May. Now the last Tory mayor standing tells Tali Fraser of his determination to make Tees Valley great again. Photography by Christopher Owens

12 Mar Health

How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP

Resolving the modern care dilemma means putting family at the heart of the economy, writes Miriam Cates. But the challenges to implementing this conservative plan for care come from all sides – including the ‘ultra-online right’

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08 Oct 2015 Economy

‘Keep the Apprenticeship levy simple’, urge training providers

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has responded to the governments consultation on the Apprenticeship levy for large employers by urging ministers to keep the resulting system simple.

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08 Oct 2015 Economy

Solving the UK’s productivity puzzle

The Chartered Management Institute hosted a fringe meeting at the Conservative conference which discussed how employers and higher education can work together to boost the UK’s productivity.

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06 Oct 2015 Economy

Britain must “supercharge” its exports

Speaking at a fringe event yesterday, Conservative MP Alok Sharma called for Britain to “supercharge” its efforts on exports.

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06 Oct 2015 Economy

National Infrastructure Commission is ‘once in a generation’ opportunity to drive investment

Malcolm Bairstow, EY Head of Infrastructure, comments on the creation of a National Infrastructure Commission.

Conservative MPs encourage professional bodies to engage

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06 Oct 2015 Economy

Conservative MPs encourage professional bodies to engage

At Monday’s fringe, hosted by the Chartered Institute of Building, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis emphasised the importance of listening to professional bodies, “even if we don’t agree with them.”

Right to Buy vote undoubtedly a landmark, but now is time for the ‘how’, says KPMG

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05 Oct 2015 Economy

Right to Buy vote undoubtedly a landmark, but now is time for the ‘how’, says KPMG

Commenting on the decision by the majority of housing associations to vote in favour of the National Housing Federation and Governments proposals on Right to Buy, Jan Crosby, Head of Housing at KPMG, said:

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05 Oct 2015 Economy

Osborne ‘the snake oil salesman of British politics is the hammer of working people’, says Unite

George Osborne continues to be the snake oil salesman of British politics, presiding over a phoney recovery, giving the rich an inheritance tax gift, yet bringing harsh cuts to millions of workers struggling to make ends meet, Unite, the countrys largest union, said today (Monday 5 October).

UK compensation culture is ‘a myth,’ new research finds

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05 Oct 2015 Economy

UK compensation culture is ‘a myth,’ new research finds

The belief that Britain has developed a compensation culture is ‘a myth,’ according to new research by the Institute of Customer Service.

Public sector pensions: A push-me-pull-you question in need of a pragmatic solution

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02 Oct 2015 Economy

Public sector pensions: A push-me-pull-you question in need of a pragmatic solution

Speaking ahead of their event at the Tory conference, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountability urge the Government to resist kicking action on public sector pensions down the road.

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01 Oct 2015 Economy

Pension taxation changes alone will not solve UK’s £9 trillion retirement savings gap, says KPMG

Commenting in response to the Government consultation into the UKs pensions taxation system and what incentives should be offered to savers, which closes today, Stewart Hastie, pensions partner at KPMG, said:

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01 Oct 2015 Economy

Construction industry needs an entirely different mind-set to meet skills challenge identified by Infrastructure UK, says KPMG

Richard Threlfall, head of Infrastructure at KPMG UK, comments on todays National Infrastructure Plan for Skills announcement. He said:

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01 Oct 2015 Economy

Industry boosts CIOB Chartered scheme for businesses with new rules

CBC membersset new standards of professionalism in construction businesses across the UK and beyond.

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30 Sep 2015 Economy

The Investment Association: Give people the confidence to save in pensions

The Investment Association has today responded to the government's consultation on pension tax relief:

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30 Sep 2015 Economy

Coca-Cola Enterprises celebrates 40 years in Edmonton

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) today celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Edmonton factory, at the same time pledging to invest an additional 300,000 over the next year at the North London site.

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30 Sep 2015 Economy

Investors continue to favour equities over bonds

The Investment Association today publishes its monthly statistics for authorised investment funds forAugust 2015 which show:

Use professional bodies’ resources to drive growth, MPs urged

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29 Sep 2015 Communities

Use professional bodies’ resources to drive growth, MPs urged

The importance of professional bodies engaging more with schools and with policy makers was raised at the Labour conference today, by parliamentarians and senior figures in the field.

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29 Sep 2015 Economy

What now for Labour’s migration policy?

At the APPG on Migration fringe meeting, hosted by EY, MPs discussed how Labour can change the conversation on immigration.

Len McCluskey warns Govt: ‘don’t make us break the law’

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28 Sep 2015 Economy

Len McCluskey warns Govt: ‘don’t make us break the law’

Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour conference today the Unite General Secretary warned the Government not to ‘push us outside the law’ with the Trade Union Bill.

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25 Sep 2015 Economy

Council becomes first Scottish local authority to back cancer drive

East Ayrshire Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to make a pledge to a campaign against the biggest cause of work-related deaths.

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25 Sep 2015 Economy

UK car manufacturing figures prove market’s resilience at a testing time for the sector, says KPMG

John Leech , head of automotive at KPMG UK, comments on the latest SMMT car manufacturing figures. He said:

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25 Sep 2015 Economy

Difficulty should not deter Gov't from solving homelessness

Responding to new homelessness figures, Turn2us Chief Executive, Simon Hopkins said:

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24 Sep 2015 Economy

Over half say they will struggle when interest rates rise

Over half (52%) of borrowers say they will struggle or fall behind with mortgage repayments when interest rates rise, according to new research published by the Building Societies Association.

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24 Sep 2015 Economy

Another rise in households living in temporary accommodation underlines desperate need to tackle housing crisis

Government figures published today show that at the end of June 2015 there were 66,980 households living in temporary accommodation, an increase of 12% on the same time the previous year and up 33% since 2010.

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24 Sep 2015 Education

Universities UK response to IFS report on graduate earnings

Universities UK has responded to the report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies which looks at graduate earnings.

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