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

18 Dec Economy

There is unhappiness among many Labour MPs following the Government's decision on Tuesday not to pay compensation to WASPI women.

16 Dec Economy

How Do You Get Money Out Of The Treasury?

14 Dec Economy

Is It Time To Split Up The Treasury?

12 Dec Economy

Too Big, Too Powerful: Treasury Domination Is Bad For Government

03 Dec Communities

Keir Starmer Says Small Businesses Will Get The "Certainty And Stability" They "Need"

20 Nov Environment

Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash

13 Nov Communities

Labour MP Calls For Nationalisation Of Housing Association Properties

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

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20 Dec Economy

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

16 Dec Communities

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

13 Dec Economy

How the Employment Rights Bill should be improved

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

18 Dec Economy

Boundary Changes Have Made It Harder to Provide Service To Constituents, Warn MPs

18 Dec Parliament

Keir Starmer Gives Life Peerage To Former Chief Of Staff Sue Gray

20 Dec Political parties

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16 Oct 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 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 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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15 Jul 2015 Economy

An unnecessary attack on workers that will disrupt the balance in the workplace

General Secretary of the TUC, Frances O’Grady, argues that the “unnecessary and antagonistic” Trade Union Bill being published today exposes Tory claims of being the workers’ party to be a sham

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15 Jul 2015 Economy

Trade Union Bill Will Seriously Damage Industrial Relations And Bankrupt The Labour Party Says GMB

Blatant one sided approach is guaranteed to poison the relationship between workers and their managers and will lead to even more trouble says GMB

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15 Jul 2015 Economy

ATL comment on the Trade Union Bill

Responding to the Trade Union Bill, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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15 Jul 2015 Economy

Chilling common theme to Government legislative agenda

Commenting on the Trade Union Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:

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15 Jul 2015 Economy

UK Businesses failing customers since 2013 buoyed by improvement for Banks, Utilities and Transport

- Banking, Transport and Utilities sectors most improved - Retail Food, Automotive, Leisure and Services see biggest fall - First Direct take the top spot for the first time

Consumer goods: How better customer service can boost the UK economy

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15 Jul 2015 Economy

Consumer goods: How better customer service can boost the UK economy

Institute of Customer Service CEO Jo Causon explains what the latest Customer Satisfaction Index means for UK business

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14 Jul 2015 Economy

Industry figures reveal more than £1.8billion withdrawn in first two months as consumers exercise new pension freedoms

Nearly a quarter of a million payments worth 1.8billion were made to customers from pension pots in April and May, according to new figures published today by the Association of British Insurers.

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14 Jul 2015 Economy

MPA Welcomes Publication of Government Productivity Plan

Issues such as the encouragement of private and public investment, the development of skills, effective and proportionate taxation and regulation and competitive energy supply are of prime importance to the UK Minerals Products industry, which underpins much of our national production and economic activity.

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14 Jul 2015 Economy

CMI chief executive welcomes gender pay consultation

Ann Francke, chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, welcomed the Prime Ministers announcement of a consultation on designing new gender pay gap regulations.

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14 Jul 2015 Economy

Backing spreads for IOSH’s No Time to Lose campaign

The reach and impact of an IOSH campaign to raise awareness of occupational cancers continues to grow.

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13 Jul 2015 Economy

Mott MacDonald working on AU$50 million sewerage treatment plant upgrade, Papua New Guinea

Mott MacDonald has begun preparing the detailed design of the solids management component of a new sewerage treatment plant in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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13 Jul 2015 Economy

Insurers expose £ 3.6 million worth of insurance frauds every day

Value of frauds detected at a record high says the Association of British Insurers.

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13 Jul 2015 Economy

AELP showcases a new training programme on Cloud Computing for the public sector at the House of Commons

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) is hosting at the kind invitation of John Mann, MP for Bassetlaw, a networking event for representatives from the world of education and training and the public sector, particularly local authorities, on Monday 13 July at the House of Commons.

Consumer spending hits five year high, latest figures show

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13 Jul 2015 Economy

Consumer spending hits five year high, latest figures show

MPs welcome the latest consumer spending data as Visa Europe releases its UK Expenditure Index

Premier League success nets UK economy an extra £3.4bn, new report finds

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13 Jul 2015 Economy

Premier League success nets UK economy an extra £3.4bn, new report finds

Global firm EY highlights the significant financial contribution the Premier League makes to the UK economy in a new study

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13 Jul 2015 Economy

Low inflation and falling unemployment continues growth in consumer spending

- Expenditure growth moderates but remains strong in June (+1.4% year-on-year) - Higher consumer spending supported by greater spending on going out and household goods - Online spending sees sharpest increase in expenditure of all three monitored channels

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10 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on the skills emergency highlighted in a CBI/Pearson survey

Commenting on the skills emergency highlighted in a survey by the CBI and Pearson, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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10 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on Government plans for increasing Britain’s productivity

Commenting on Business Secretarys, Sajid Javid, speech today launching plans to boost Britains productivity, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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10 Jul 2015 Economy

GGF “unimpressed” with chancellor’s budget

The GGF was unimpressed with this weeks budget announcements by Chancellor George Osborne.

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10 Jul 2015 Economy

British Gas and Centrica receive Living Wage Accreditation

British Gas and its parent company Centrica have been awarded Living Wage Accreditation.

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10 Jul 2015 Economy

Productivity Plan Will Make Investment Better for Savers, Companies and the Economy

In response to the launch of the government's Productivity Plan today, Daniel Godfrey, Chief Executive of The Investment Association, said:

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10 Jul 2015 Economy

Tax credit cuts likely to push more in to financial hardship, Turn2us warns

UK Charity Turn2us has today warned that the proposed cuts to tax credits may plunge many of the most vulnerable in society into poverty.

10 Jul 2015 Economy

Why has George Osborne got it in for young people?

In reaction to Wednesday's Budget speech, Jeremy Corbyn MP says 'don’t liberate tomorrow’s adults by cutting young people’s life chances today.'

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09 Jul 2015 Economy

Saga welcomes Osborne’s inheritance tax reforms

Paul Green, Sagas director of communications said:

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