Released today, the BSA Property Tracker survey results reveal that consumer confidence in the housing market has fallen considerably because of Brexit uncertainty - more than half of the population (53%) see Brexit as the biggest single risk to the market in 2019. 

Please see below for a comment from EHRC about the Government's response to the Women and Equalities Commitee's inquiry on sexual harassment in the workplace. 

Labour will not table a no-confidence motion in the Government until Theresa May's Brexit deal collapses, a Shadow Cabinet member has said.

Plans to draw up guidelines for employers on how they should clamp down on sexual harassment in the workplace have been criticised by a top MP.

Theresa May's top team of senior ministers will today discuss what more needs to be done to prepare for the UK leaving the European Union without a deal.

MPs will finally vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal on the week beginning 14 January, it has been confirmed.

Westminster moves at such breakneck speed these days that few can find time to take stock of what has taken place. Sebastian Whale has documented the key moments from a tumultuous 12 days and spoken to those at the heart of the action to capture another extraordinary period in British politics.

A second EU referendum may be the only way to break the impasse at Westminster, the chair of the Brexit Select Committee has said.

Parliament must have a series of votes on all the Brexit options. If there is no alternative deal that can win the support of MPs, then the only way to resolve this may be to go back to the British people, writes Hilary Benn

Downing Street has insisted there are "no plans" to hold a series of special Commons votes on Brexit, despite Cabinet ministers publicly calling for them.

The former attorney general says it is "unsatisfactory" for the Government to have pushed back the meaningful vote into the new year.

IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has expressed cautious support for the Government’s ‘Good Work Plan’ released today while urging the MPs not to regulate people out of self-employment against their will. 

Consumers are twice as likely to be ‘very satisfied’ with the quality of their new home if it was built by a small and medium-sized (SME) house builder, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Employers who mistreat their staff could face a £20,000 fine under new government plans to boost workers’ rights.

A second Brexit referendum would “break faith with the British people", Theresa May will warn MPs today.

A fresh Cabinet split is looming as senior ministers prepare to set out their plans for a so-called "managed no-deal" Brexit.

How is value created by digital payments? Peter T. Dunn explains.

Tony Blair has hit back at Theresa May in a dramatic war of words between political heavyweights after she criticised his calls for a second EU referendum.

Dragging out the Brexit process is having a “detrimental effect” on wider domestic policy, a cross-party group of senior MPs has warned Theresa May.

Sajid Javid will outline plans to slash immigration from the European Union by up to 80% once Britain leaves the bloc, it has been reported.

Britain will “flourish and prosper” after Brexit even if the country quits the European Union without a deal, Jeremy Hunt has said.

The majority of the Cabinet has reportedly declared Theresa May’s Brexit deal dead - but top ministers are divided on how to move forward.

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has told Brexiteers that they need to prepare for a second referendum.

 

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has warned MPs to ignore the “siren voices calling us to the rocks” of a no-deal Brexit and urged politicians to “forge a consensus” instead.