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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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Farage-Wary Labour MPs Urge Keir Starmer To Be Vocal About Immigration In 2025

21 Dec Home affairs

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

20 Dec Political parties

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20 Dec Economy

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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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14 Apr 2015 Economy

GGF urges companies 'be prepared' as Consumer Rights Bill becomes law

The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has urged companies to be prepared ahead of the implementation of the Consumer Rights Act which was granted Royal Assent and became law on 26 March 2015.

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

AELP reacts to the Labour election manifesto

Stewart Segal, chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has commented on the Labour Party's manifesto launch

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

London First response to Labour manifesto

Business membership organisation London First has responded to the manifesto released by the Labour Party today.

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

Sub-Saharan Africa’s first CSP plant becomes operational, South Africa

The US$860 million KaXu Solar One concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Pofadder, South Africa has become the first in Sub-Saharan Africa to enter operation. MacDonald was lenders technical advisor during the projects financing and construction and is now monitoring operations in an ongoing role.

Boards’ effectiveness essential to long-term economic success

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

Boards’ effectiveness essential to long-term economic success

New report launch by the Investment Association and EY reveals key findings on improving board effectiveness.

UK consumers have a spring in their step

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

UK consumers have a spring in their step

As spring approaches indicators suggest that consumers are gaining in confidence, with household spending steadily increasing.

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

Visa Europe: UK Expenditure Index

Spring starts early as consumers spend on social time.

The success of Labour's careers advice pledge

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09 Apr 2015 Education

The success of Labour's careers advice pledge

The National Federation of Builders welcomes Miliband's promise to guarantee personal careers advice for all teenagers, but warns the success of the plan depends on the advisors.

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08 Apr 2015 Economy

Call for beefed-up trade minister to boost UK exports welcomed by Unite

A beefed up role for a trade minister with a seat in the cabinet to coordinate and boost UK exports a central plank of a new report on delivering an export-led recovery has been welcomed by Unite, the countrys largest union.

Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career

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08 Apr 2015 Education

Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career

Improving the UK’s skills gap must be a priority for the next Government, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute.

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08 Apr 2015 Economy

Tackling the skills gap: From classroom to workplace

The CII's pre-election skills manifesto identifies five key policy issues, an incoming government will need to address in order to tackle the UK's skills gap.

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06 Apr 2015 Economy

UK bank profits up 62%, but must urgently tackle low return on equity, says KPMG report

Report reveals divergent performance across the top five UK-based banks as the profitability at the two state-backed banks continued to rise, whereas it fell at the three global banks.Strengthening economic conditions sees loan impairment costs fall 72 per cent to 5.2bn.Encouragingly, four of the five banks have taken the significant step of including customer satisfaction information in their annual reports.

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01 Apr 2015 Economy

Engineers call on future Government to make UK a global leader in next generation communications networks

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has today launched its General Election Campaign, calling on the next Government to take steps to establish the UK as a global telecommunications leader and introduce legislation to make sure there is a reliable broadband service across all parts of the country.

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31 Mar 2015 Economy

Hyder Mott MacDonald joint venture appointed on Davyhulme wastewater treatment works expansion, UK

A partnership between Hyder Consulting and Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Laing ORouke Imtech joint venture to provide detailed design and project management services for a multimillion pound expansion of Davyhulme wastewater treatment works.

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30 Mar 2015 Economy

Gov.uk 'not fit for purpose'

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals Associate Director Karen Thomson argues that making the new gov.uk website fit for purpose is an 'urgent job for the next government'

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30 Mar 2015 Economy

Resource website for payroll professionals no longer “fit for purpose” according to the CIPP

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is today calling for an overhaul of a leading government website designed to help the UK customer find information they need from any government department. This includes payroll and accountancy professionals who solve complex tax problems.

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27 Mar 2015 Economy

Electrospinning – using 19th century technology to aid modern drug discovery

A small Oxfordshire company has adapted a 19th century technique to achieve a more naturalistic environment for growing cell lines for nanotechnology laboratory research.

27 Mar 2015 Health

1.9 million new jobs created by this Government and progress removing the stigma of mental health

The Minister of State for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pensions writes about the progress this Government has made on reducing unemployment and improving mental health provision. He says the next Government must build on this progress.

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27 Mar 2015 Economy

Proposed additional tax relief would encourage CIPP members to save more for a pension, according to survey

Research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has shown that proposals to double-tax relief on pension savings would encourage its members to save more for a pension.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

The Investment Association says property was the best-selling sector in February

The Investment Association today publishes its statistics for authorised investment fundsfor February 2015:

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

ABI responds to FCA’s final report on Retirement Income Market Study

Commenting onFCAs final report on their Retirement income Market Study, Yvonne Braun, ABIs Director of Long-Term Savings Policy, said:

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

Optimism returns to the UK housing market

The future for property purchase is looking bright, with over one third (36%) of people saying that now is a good time to buy, the BSAs MarchProperty Trackersurvey has identified.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

Whole of Government Accounts 2013-14

The Treasury is continuing to improve the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA), which shows in a single document the overall financial position of the UK public sector.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

A whole new way of retirement planning

A pensions dashboard showing customers' collective savings introduces a whole new way of retirement planning.

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