Britain's efforts to fight international money laundering must not be watered down to land post-Brexit trade deals, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

In the run-up to International Women’s day, Lloyds Banking Group, in partnership with The House, hosted a roundtable discussion and drinks reception on the topic of diversity in business. Parliamentarians, industry experts, social entrepreneurs and small business leaders came together to discuss the barriers women face in business and what needs to change to achieve equality of opportunity. Geoffrey Lyons reports

Today, like many other businesses around the country, IKEA will be celebrating International Women’s Day. 

On this International Women's Day, Maria Miller MP says women can too often find themselves trapped in low wagged work to get that flexibility they need with no prospect of progression. 

Theresa May will call on the European Union to make concessions on the Irish backstop as she launched a last-ditch bid to agree a new Brexit deal.

The awards reflect the dynamic nature of the construction industry and the excellent standards that have been achieved. 

Pro-EU campaigners have blasted the Government after it emerged the top civil servant in the Brexit department will quit the day the UK leaves the EU.

Jeremy Corbyn has held talks with Conservative backbenchers as Labour continues to push for a softer form of Brexit that can win a Commons majority.

Theresa May's Brexit strategy has been dealt a fresh blow as peers ganged up to defeat the Government over its plans for Britain's post-EU customs ties.

A Tory ex-policing minister has condemned the "injustice" suffered by parliamentary security guards who are set to strike in a dispute over working conditions.

Ministers are returning to Britain having failed to secure a backstop breakthrough during Brexit talks with the European Union.

Chief Executive of The Go-Ahead Group writes to mark National Apprenticeship Week as the only company offering apprenticeships in bus and rail, and the target of 1,000 to be delivered in 2019.

Demand for business lending far outstrips supply. Which often means the most disadvantaged have to choose between poor options. Let’s not condemn our ambitious young entrepreneurs of the future - or force them into a position where their only choices are poor, says Responsible Finance. 

Former Labour minister Jim Fitzpatrick explains why despite representing a borough that voted 67% to remain and campaigning to remain himself, he will vote for the Prime Minister's deal in the next meaningful vote.

By transferring a public service to a private contractor, members of the public lose their right to properly scrutinise the service being provided – we must end these anomalies says Andy Slaughter MP.

The Home Office’s failure to fix the flaws in its immigration processes which prompted the Windrush scandal risks putting EU citizens in a similar position after Brexit, MPs have warned.

Theresa May has been accused of mounting a fresh attempt to "bribe" Labour MPs into voting for her Brexit deal with a promise of new workers’ rights measures.

The Go-Ahead Group announces today that it will double the number of apprentices in its ranks over the course of 2019, as its bus company Go-Ahead London opens the doors of a new recruitment and training academy in South London.

Chris Grayling has said he will not quit over a ferry contract blunder that forced the Government to shell out millions of pounds to Eurotunnel.

The government’s decision to push ahead with the extension of IR35 into the private sector will do serious harm to freelancers, the businesses that use them and the wider economy, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has warned.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced a briefing for Lords Report Stage of the Trade Bill.

Theresa May has been urged to whip Conservatives MPs to keep a no-deal Brexit on the table if her EU agreement is defeated when it comes back for a second crunch Commons vote.

Labour peer Baroness Nye writes ahead of her Parliamentary Question on 'Addressing the gender pay gap' in light of International Women's Day 2019 this week on 8th March. 

Chris Grayling has been criticised for failing to face MPs over the Government's latest ferry blunder, as Labour branded him an “international embarrassment”.