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Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Environment
The Government is holding firm on changes to agricultural relief despite backlash from farmers facing inheritance tax for the first time.
Labour MP Calls For Nationalisation Of Housing Association Properties
Communities
Labour MP Calls For Nationalisation Of Housing Association Properties
Committee Chair Says Finding Money For Climate Goals Will Be Biggest Challenge For COP29
Environment
Committee Chair Says Finding Money For Climate Goals Will Be Biggest Challenge For COP29
Rachel Reeves Says It's 'Too Early' To Know Donald Trump's Impact On UK Economy
Economy
Rachel Reeves Says It's "Too Early" To Know Donald Trump's Impact On UK Economy
Social Care At “Standstill” After Budget, Says Health Committee Chair Layla Moran
Health
Social Care At “Standstill” After Budget, Says Health Committee Chair Layla Moran
Tory Spending Plans Were 'Like Five-Year-Old' Writing Their 'Favourite Numbers', Says Labour MP Defending Tax Rises
Economy
Tory Spending Plans Were "Like Five-Year-Old" Writing Their "Favourite Numbers", Says Labour MP Defending Tax Rises
Government's Public Spending Plans Are 'Silly Games', Warns Top Economist
Economy
Government's Public Spending Plans Are "Silly Games", Warns Top Economist
The House Live
I’m a former deputy headteacher – taxing private schools is only fair
Education
By Sureena Brackenridge
I’m a former deputy headteacher – taxing private schools is only fair
A highly skilled workforce that delivers economic growth and regional prosperity demands a local approach Partner content
Economy
By Instep UK
A highly skilled workforce that delivers economic growth and regional prosperity demands a local approach
UK Advertising: The Creative Powerhouse Fuelling Global Growth Partner content
Economy
By Advertising Association
UK Advertising: The Creative Powerhouse Fuelling Global Growth
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VAT on private schools is a step too far
VAT on private schools is a step too far
By Rachael Maskell MP
Education
Bill To Legalise Assisted Dying Passes First Vote
Bill To Legalise Assisted Dying Passes First Vote
Health
Labour MP Criticises 'Hypocritical' Disinterest In UK Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia
Labour MP Criticises "Hypocritical" Disinterest In UK Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia
Foreign affairs
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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
An EU-UK veterinary agreement can ease pressures on the Northern Ireland Protocol
Brexit
By Stephen Farry MP
An EU-UK veterinary agreement can ease pressures on the Northern Ireland Protocol
The government has options to ease the pressures on and tensions in Northern Ireland without undermining or discarding the Protocol.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
GDP figures show construction remains vulnerable
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has responded to today’s GDP figures published by the ONS (Office for National Statistics). The figures include data for December, detailing a picture of last year’s growth.
Sunak Urged To Extend Furlough After Covid-19 Causes Biggest Annual GDP Fall Of All Time
Coronavirus
Sunak Urged To Extend Furlough After Covid-19 Causes Biggest Annual GDP Fall Of All Time
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is under pressure to extend financial support for workers and businesses after new Office for National Statistics data showed that the UK economy plummeted by a record 9.9% last year.
Partner content
Economy
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET responds to BEIS’ potential change to State Aid Rules
In response to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) looking to change State Aid rules following the United Kingdom’s departure of the European Union in 2020, Professor Devaki Bhatta, Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Innovation and Emerging Technologies Policy Panel, said:
After Brexit and ahead of COP, UK construction must review supply chains Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
After Brexit and ahead of COP, UK construction must review supply chains
With Brexit done, many industries including construction are anxious about any future disruption at ports. But there are also pressing environmental and economic reasons to prompt construction to look at supply chains much more deeply, including questioning the carbon impacts of imported materials.
Removing the £20 uplift to Universal Credit now would be a failure by government to recognise the reality of so many struggling families
Economy
By Stephen Timms MP
Removing the £20 uplift to Universal Credit now would be a failure by government to recognise the reality of so many struggling families
With the impact of the pandemic still being keenly felt, removing the £20 increase now makes no sense for the idea of UC as a safety net for all - or for the millions of families who rely on it to get by.
Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
BSA and UK Finance issue joint statement following MHCLG's statement on cladding
In a joint statement responding to the announcement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government today regarding cladding, UK Finance and Building Societies Association said:
Exclusive: Shellfish Industry Leaders Claim DEFRA Privately Admitted The EU Was Right On The Shellfish Ban
Environment
Exclusive: Shellfish Industry Leaders Claim DEFRA Privately Admitted The EU Was Right On The Shellfish Ban
The UK's leading trade body for the shellfish industry told its members that the government privately accepted that the European Union's ban on UK shellfish exports was correct, PoliticsHome can reveal.
MPs urge government to heed skills shortage threat to net zero Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
MPs urge government to heed skills shortage threat to net zero
The UK will fail to meet its Net Zero target unless there is a “major increase” in the number of skilled engineers, MPs have warned, as a new report reveals the scale of the country’s skills gap.
Only when Boris Johnson accepts responsibility for flaws in the Northern Ireland Protocol can we find a lasting solution
Brexit
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Only when Boris Johnson accepts responsibility for flaws in the Northern Ireland Protocol can we find a lasting solution
What is needed now is level-headed governance and a recognition of responsibility by those who created the Protocol in all its flaws, so that we can mitigate as many of them as possible.
A Fisherman In Yorkshire Says He is Closing His 40-Year-Old Business Due To Brexit Red Tape
Environment
A Fisherman In Yorkshire Says He is Closing His 40-Year-Old Business Due To Brexit Red Tape
A decades-old shellfish trader based at a major British port has said that it has been forced to close due to new paperwork brought about by the UK's exit from the European Union. 
The UK and EU must be honest about the consequences of Brexit in Northern Ireland
Brexit
By Laura Hutchinson, Head of UK Political Intelligence
The UK and EU must be honest about the consequences of Brexit in Northern Ireland
With the delicate Northern Ireland Protocol facing more than just “teething problems”, all parties must take responsibility for their part in negotiating and now upholding it
Can construction rise to the Project Speed challenge? Partner content
Coronavirus
By Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
Can construction rise to the Project Speed challenge?
The construction sector has the vision and expertise to meet Government ambitions for better delivery of projects.
We need a Northern Economic Recovery Plan to unleash the Green Industrial Revolution
Coronavirus
By Simon Fell MP
We need a Northern Economic Recovery Plan to unleash the Green Industrial Revolution
There needs to be a plan for the North - to capture, direct and sustain investment: to pump prime our communities and unleash the opportunity which we, as their advocates, know are already there
Any further delay to the regulation of exploitative ‘buy now, pay later’ firms could be catastrophic
Economy
By Stella Creasy MP
Any further delay to the regulation of exploitative ‘buy now, pay later’ firms could be catastrophic
With millions now using these companies and the threat of further redundancies and difficulties on the horizon, regulation of the BNPL industry needs to happen in weeks not months.
Exclusive: Government Is Writing To The EU Over Post-Brexit Shellfish Ban Which Threatens To Destroy Businesses
Environment
Exclusive: Government Is Writing To The EU Over Post-Brexit Shellfish Ban Which Threatens To Destroy Businesses
The government is set to write to the European Union as soon as today about the bloc's post-Brexit ban on mussels, cockles, and other shellfish caught in UK waters, PoliticsHome has learned.
Shellfish Businesses Will Collapse 'Entirely And Permanently' With Post-Brexit EU Ban, Government Warned
Environment
Shellfish Businesses Will Collapse "Entirely And Permanently" With Post-Brexit EU Ban, Government Warned
Parts of the UK's shellfish market face being lost forever if the European Union ban on live shellfish exports from most British waters remains in place, an industry figure has warned.
Brexit Border Friction Led to 'Two Or Three Hundred Consignments' Of Cancer Drugs Being Destroyed
Health
Brexit Border Friction Led to "Two Or Three Hundred Consignments" Of Cancer Drugs Being Destroyed
A senior Conservative MP has told PoliticsHome that he will be "seeking urgent clarification from the government" over reports time-sensitive cancer drugs were destroyed due to post-Brexit border delays.
Culture
By Betting And Gaming Council
Number of British punters using black market gambling sites more than doubles
Betting and Gaming Council warns about ‘dangers of complacency’ as number of British punters using black market sites more than doubles
How the Brexit years are remembered will shape how the UK is governed in the future
Brexit
By Dr Alan Wager
How the Brexit years are remembered will shape how the UK is governed in the future
The idea that Brexit could be consigned to the past – done, solved and resolved – was central to the Conservative Party's election victory in 2019.
EU Ban On Live Shellfish From The UK Is 'Legally Wrong' And 'Unjustified', George Eustice Says
Brexit
EU Ban On Live Shellfish From The UK Is "Legally Wrong" And "Unjustified", George Eustice Says
Environment Secretary George Eustice has accused the European Union of changing its position on post Brexit-rules for exports like mussels and cockles with its ban on live shellfish from the UK.
Everything You Need To Know About The Northern Ireland Protocol, And Why Government Already Wants It Changed
Brexit
Everything You Need To Know About The Northern Ireland Protocol, And Why Government Already Wants It Changed
Michael Gove is today meeting counterparts from the European Union to suggest ways of improving how the Northern Ireland protocol, which took months to negotiate, works in practice.
Coronavirus
By British Safety Council
British Safety Council repeats its call for Government to enforce COVID-19 workplace safety rules to lower the risk of death
Recent figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show higher COVID-19 deaths amongst health and social care workers, which is saddening.
Andrea Leadsom Calls For Major Overhaul Of 'Undemocratic' House of Commons Commission
Culture
Andrea Leadsom Calls For Major Overhaul Of "Undemocratic" House of Commons Commission
Spending decisions involving millions of pounds worth of taxpayers' money are being made by a Parliamentary committee without “scrutiny and transparency” according to a former House of Commons leader, who today launched a major broadside against the way Parliament is being run.
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