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Frustrated Labour MPs Say WASPI Decision Shows Government Is 'In A Bunker'
Frustrated Labour MPs Say WASPI Decision Shows Government Is "In A Bunker"
Economy
There is unhappiness among many Labour MPs following the Government's decision on Tuesday not to pay compensation to WASPI women.
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?
Too Big, Too Powerful: Treasury Domination Is Bad For Government
Economy
Too Big, Too Powerful: Treasury Domination Is Bad For Government
Keir Starmer Says Small Businesses Will Get The 'Certainty And Stability' They 'Need'
Communities
Keir Starmer Says Small Businesses Will Get The "Certainty And Stability" They "Need"
Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Environment
Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Labour MP Calls For Nationalisation Of Housing Association Properties
Communities
Labour MP Calls For Nationalisation Of Housing Association Properties
The House Live
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
How the Employment Rights Bill should be improved
Economy
By Andy McDonald MP
How the Employment Rights Bill should be improved
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Frustrated Labour MPs Say WASPI Decision Shows Government Is 'In A Bunker'
Frustrated Labour MPs Say WASPI Decision Shows Government Is "In A Bunker"
Economy
Keir Starmer Gives Life Peerage To Former Chief Of Staff Sue Gray
Keir Starmer Gives Life Peerage To Former Chief Of Staff Sue Gray
Political parties
Government must listen to all businesses on economic growth - not just the regulation refuseniks Partner content
Government must listen to all businesses on economic growth - not just the regulation refuseniks
By Which?
Economy
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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
Has George Osborne outlawed poverty? Leading charity unpicks the Summer Budget Partner content
Economy
By Turn2us
Has George Osborne outlawed poverty? Leading charity unpicks the Summer Budget
Leading charity Turn2Us, which supports people in financial hardship, analyses what yesterday’s Budget will mean for the most poor and vulnerable in the UK
Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
Embedding the Mortgage Market Review: Advice and Distribution
The Building Societies Association welcomes the educational approach of the Financial Conduct Authoritys thematic review on the quality of mortgage advice following the introduction of the Mortgage Market Review.
Partner content
Economy
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP Response to Summer Budget 2015
The Budget statement yesterday contained an extensive number of changes which will affect the employment and skills sector and the clients that the sector supports.
EY analyses George Osborne’s Summer Budget Partner content
Economy
By EY
EY analyses George Osborne’s Summer Budget
Giving expert insight into the business community’s take on the Chancellor’s Summer Budget, EY reacts to the announcements. 
Partner content
Economy
By Investment Association
Investment Association to Chancellor: Chance to sort out pensions once and for all
Responding to the launch of the government's consultation on pension tax relief today, Daniel Godfrey, Chief Executive of The Investment Association, said:
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
Construction industry reacts to George Osborne's Budget
As the Chancellor George Osborne announces his first budget under a majority Conservative government, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) provides its reaction to todays Budget.
Partner content
Economy
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
999 technology needs to keep up with the ‘smart phone generation
In a new report launched today, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is calling for radical changes to the emergency 999 call service to reflect the digital age, where more people are communicating by text or social media, rather than making a voice call.
Partner content
Economy
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
A solid start but the Chancellor should have been bolder
The Chancellor has not been as brave as he could have been, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) in response to todays Budget.
Partner content
Economy
By Homeless Link
Osborne's Budget could increase homelessness amongst young people
Homeless Link today expressed concerns that announcements made in George Osborne's Emergency Budget could lead to increased homelessness amongst young people.
Partner content
Economy
By Institute of Customer Service
Budget 2015: Being 'open all hours' is no guarantee of success
Following the Chancellor's announcement that elected mayors and councils can relax the rules on Sunday trading hours in England and Wales, Jo Causon, The Institute of Customer Service says:
Budget 2015: Tackling barriers to work with a fund for talking buses Partner content
Economy
By Guide Dogs
Budget 2015: Tackling barriers to work with a fund for talking buses
The charity Guide Dogs says government initiatives to get more disabled people into work will flounder if the transport remains inaccessible.
Partner content
Economy
By Institute of Customer Service
Budget 2015: deficit reduction dependent on skills development for every generation
Jo Causon, CEO of The Institute of Customer Service, outlines what businesses want from tomorrow's Budget. She says:
Partner content
Economy
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald appointed on River Basin Management Plans preparation, Albania
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Administration in Albania to provide technical advisory services for the preparation of River Basin Management Plans for the Drini-Buna and Seman rivers.
Partner content
Economy
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Worldwide safety and health standard to move onto next development stage
A proposed new worldwide safety and health standard is set to move to its next stage of development and is well on target for its intended publication date of October next year.
Partner content
Economy
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola Enterprises invests in East Kilbride
CCE announces 6m investment in Scottish operations in 2015
Partner content
Economy
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald joint venture wins place on motorway modernisation project, Czech Republic
A Mott MacDonald-led joint venture (JV) has been appointed by the Czech Republics Road and Motorway Directorate to modernise section 10 of the countrys D1 motorway.
Raising the minimum wage to the Living Wage would benefit staff and businesses Partner content
Economy
By KPMG LLP
Raising the minimum wage to the Living Wage would benefit staff and businesses
KPMG has calculated, for the first time, the impact of the universal adoption of the Living Wage in the UK.
Budget 2015: Chancellor could deliver 20,000 more homes a year through better SME financing Partner content
Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
Budget 2015: Chancellor could deliver 20,000 more homes a year through better SME financing
Recent statistics show the SME house building sector could deliver an additional 20,000 homes per year if their access to finance was improved, says the Federation of Master Builders
Tim Farron MP: Business and entrepreneurship are central to my vision for a liberal Britain
Economy
By PoliticsHome
Tim Farron MP: Business and entrepreneurship are central to my vision for a liberal Britain
Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Tim Farron argues that his party is the authentic supporter of entrepreneurship and small businesses.
Budget 2015: Accountants advise George Osborne on 'laying the groundwork' to improve lives Partner content
Economy
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Budget 2015: Accountants advise George Osborne on 'laying the groundwork' to improve lives
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants' head of taxation, Chas Roy-Chowdhury, lists the top three changes the Chancellor can make to create a 'huge difference to the economic landscape'.
Budget 2015: The Government has an opportunity to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions Partner content
Economy
By Calor Gas
Budget 2015: The Government has an opportunity to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions
The Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Calor Gas calls on the Chancellor to support LPG in the upcoming Budget as it is 'cleaner and cheaper than diesel and petrol'.
Partner content
Education
By London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University records its highest ever graduate employment score
London Metropolitan University has jumped nine places in the Destination of Leavers of Higher Education survey, published today by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
Partner content
Education
By Innovate UK
Ruth McKernan welcomes Dowling Review of Business-University Research Collaborations
WelcomingDame Ann Dowlings review of Business-University Research Collaborations, Chief Executive of the UK's technology experts Innovate UK, Dr Ruth McKernan said
Partner content
Economy
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald appointed on Phase 2 of Singapore's Second National Climate Change Study
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Singapores National Environment Agency to examine the impacts of climate change on the countrys energy and telecommunication infrastructure.
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CSW Collaboration Conference
2025
London
CSW Collaboration Conference