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Vaughan Gething Hints Wales Wants Cash Boost Under Labour Government

14 Apr Economy

First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething has said that the biggest challenge he expects to face as the Labour leader of the devolved government will be how to increase the scale of budgets to boost public services.

11 Apr Economy

Trade Department Would Not “Hesitate” To Revoke Arms Licences To Israel

09 Apr Economy

Labour's Tax Crackdown Could Be Dampened By "Bigger Public Finance Challenge", Economists Warn

30 Mar Economy

Tory Voters Say The "Broken" Party Has Turned The UK Into A "Sinking Ship"

13 Mar Economy

Jeremy Hunt Says It Would Take "Many Parliaments" To Abolish National Insurance

09 Mar Economy

Experts Say Government Plans For Public Spending Cuts Are "Laughable"

08 Mar Economy

Spring Budget Leaves Labour Facing Squeeze On Manifesto Plans

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How do we fix the UK’s poor mental health and wellbeing challenge?

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17 Apr Health

How do we fix the UK’s poor mental health and wellbeing challenge?

15 Apr Communities

Jamie Driscoll predicts 'big upset' for Labour in North East mayoral race

Mobile UK warns that the government’s ambitions for widespread adoption of 5G could be at risk

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11 Apr Economy

Mobile UK warns that the government’s ambitions for widespread adoption of 5G could be at risk

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Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image

17 Apr Communities

New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”

17 Apr Culture

Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure

16 Apr Education

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15 Apr Communities

Jamie Driscoll predicts 'big upset' for Labour in North East mayoral race

North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll speaks to Sienna Rodgers about quitting the Labour Party and why he is confident of winning the North East mayoral race as an independent

07 Mar Economy

What Does The Spring Budget Tell Us About When An Election Could Be Called?

Economists and political scientists have suggested the Spring Budget package was so "small scale" it did not indicate the government was about to go to the polls.

06 Mar Economy

Is Jeremy Hunt Actually Cutting Taxes?

Jeremy Hunt presented his much anticipated Spring Budget to the House of Commons on Wednesday, with its flagship policy of cutting a further two pence from National Insurance an apparent demonstration of his ability to cut taxes.

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14 Mar 2016 Economy

Pledge to tackle silica dust made at IOSH roundtable event

The first step towards the development of a new cross-industry approach on the control of mineral dust in the workplace has been taken today (Monday 14 March), says the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

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14 Mar 2016 Economy

IT innovation in the legal sector

Use of technology can enable law firms to do more for clients, according to the latest marketplace report from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

14 Mar 2016 Education

Government failing to increase 'quality' apprenticeships

Shadow BIS secretary, Angela Eagle, warns that “when it comes to apprenticeships, the Government is overly focused on quantity over quality”.

14 Mar 2016 Education

Apprenticeship levy must have 'clear and coherent strategy for implementation'

SNP Spokesperson for Business, Innovation and Skills, Hannah Bardell, says "the implementation of the apprenticeship levy and the proportion allocated to Scotland is far from clear".

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11 Mar 2016 Education

Nearly 60% of construction bosses start their careers as an apprentice - research

Nearly 60% of SME construction owners started their career as an apprentice, according to new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (14th to 18th March).

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11 Mar 2016 Economy

Parents favour Degree Apprenticeships ahead of Oxbridge education

Parental pride in child achieving professional Chartered status helps build status of new Degree Apprenticeships

What we can expect from Osborne in next week’s Budget

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11 Mar 2016 Economy

What we can expect from Osborne in next week’s Budget

PoliticsHome’s news editor Josh May sets out the political context into which the Chancellor will announce his Budget.

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10 Mar 2016 Economy

Chancellor told: Grasp opportunity to abolish car tax

George Osborne has been urged to be radical in his forthcoming Budget and abolish the complex and clearly unfair car tax.

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10 Mar 2016 Economy

Local business welcomes female students to mark International Women’s Day

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Your Life hosts visit at Uxbridge headquarters to promote women in business.

Preparing for devolution to England’s city regions - EY report

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10 Mar 2016 Communities

Preparing for devolution to England’s city regions - EY report

The Government’s devolution agenda could be a “historic rebalancing of power away from London”, but a number of obstacles still stand in its way, according to a new report from EY.

Technical and professional education is the path to productivity

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10 Mar 2016 Economy

Technical and professional education is the path to productivity

National awarding organisation and technical education provider NCFE calls on the Chancellor to provide an ongoing commitment to funding Technical and Professional Education in next week's Budget.

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10 Mar 2016 Economy

BIS’s capital investment in science projects

The Department for Business, Innovation Skills invests in science to support economic growth and improve national productivity. Capital spending on science projects was 1.1 billion in 2014-15, and this will be maintained every year up to 2021. The department, however, needs to develop a more systematic and informed approach to investing in science projects, according to todays report from the National Audit Office.

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09 Mar 2016 Economy

EY’s Budget 2016 predictions: Targeting tax revenues to balance the books

Faced with a slowing economy and challenging public finances, the Chancellor is expected to focus on revenue raising measures to help him deliver his fiscal mandate

09 Mar 2016 Economy

'Changes to Sunday shop opening hours will hurt families'

Labour's Mary Creagh explains why she will be voting to 'keep Sunday special' later today and writes that the Sunday Trading proposals 'have no strong economic case'.

09 Mar 2016 Economy

As Osborne sets a Budget for his party, Labour must earn the trust of the country

Former Shadow Chief Secretary and Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie writes ahead of the Budget: 'with the Chancellor’s focus narrowing, Labour must show we can offer a credible alternative'.

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08 Mar 2016 Economy

How to ensure 'path to the top' is clear for all female accountants

CEO of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants calls for action to clear the path for the nearly 250,000 young women studying accountancy.

Chancellor must implement pensions and savings dashboard

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08 Mar 2016 Economy

Chancellor must implement pensions and savings dashboard

Consumer group Which? calls on George Osborne to use next week’s Budget to create a tool providing people with a complete picture of all their pension pots in one place.

Latest spending figures show record highs

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07 Mar 2016 Economy

Latest spending figures show record highs

Consumer spending hits record levels last month, bolstered by Valentine’s Day and half-term, according to new statistics.

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07 Mar 2016 Economy

Valentine’s Day half-term boost spend on hotels, dining and entertainment to record levels

- Household spending increases +2.2% year-on-year in February - Sharp rise in spending on Hotels, Restaurants Bars (+13.6%) and Recreation Culture (+9.7%), while expenditure growth reaches 13-month high across Food Drink (+4.8%) retailers - E-commerce on upward trajectory as growth improves to +6.3% on an annual basis

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03 Mar 2016 Economy

The University of Hertfordshire revolutionises 3D printed fashion with the MODECLIX project

Today, the University of Hertfordshire announced the development of a revolutionary new prototype collection of wearable 3D printed garments.

Scrap the tobacco tax escalator to protect independent retailers

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03 Mar 2016 Economy

Scrap the tobacco tax escalator to protect independent retailers

The Tobacco Retailers’ Alliance writes ahead of the Budget and asks the Chancellor to abolish the tobacco tax escalator or witness even more independent retailers going out of business.

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01 Mar 2016 Economy

Saga urges pensions minister not to repeat past mistakes

Commenting on the announcement by Baroness Altmann that former CBI Director John Cridland has been appointed asindependent reviewer of state pension age,Paul Green, director of communications for retirement specialists Saga said:

Challenges ahead for customer service in the UK, expert warns

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01 Mar 2016 Economy

Challenges ahead for customer service in the UK, expert warns

There are big challenges ahead for customer service in the UK, according to a leading expert in the field.

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29 Feb 2016 Economy

Europe offers glimmer of hope to fund buyers in choppy January

The Investment Association today publishes its monthly statistics for authorised investment funds for January 2016 which show:

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