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Downing Street Pushes For Progress In Compromise Talks With Welfare Rebels
Downing Street Pushes For Progress In Compromise Talks With Welfare Rebels
Economy
Downing Street faces a race against time to erode a major Labour rebellion that threatens to inflict a humiliating defeat on its welfare reforms next week.
The international fightback against dangerous products sold online Partner content
Communities
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The international fightback against dangerous products sold online
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
Health
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
Keir Starmer Faces An Increasingly Fractious Labour Party
Economy
Keir Starmer Faces An Increasingly Fractious Labour Party
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Economy
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Health
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Labour Whip Quits In First Frontbench Resignation Over Welfare Reforms
Health
Labour Whip Quits In First Frontbench Resignation Over Welfare Reforms
Opinion
It's time to put an end to financial secrecy in the British Virgin Islands
Economy
By Sir Andrew Mitchell and Lloyd Hatton MPs
It's time to put an end to financial secrecy in the British Virgin Islands
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
Health
By Emma Lewell MP
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
There may be no political space to raise or cut tax – but Labour could reform tax
Economy
By Dan Neidle
There may be no political space to raise or cut tax – but Labour could reform tax
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Former Foreign Secretary Says UK Public Needs A “Philosophical Reset” On Defence
Former Foreign Secretary Says UK Public Needs A “Philosophical Reset” On Defence
Defence
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Foreign affairs
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025 ##sash##
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
Energy
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
By Tim Leunig
Political parties
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
By Emma Lewell MP
Health
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Health
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Looking For Growth's Lawrence Newport On Death Threats, Dominic Cummings And Defeating Blockers
Communities
Looking For Growth's Lawrence Newport On Death Threats, Dominic Cummings And Defeating Blockers
Bad boys of Brexit, move over: the good guys of growth are here. Sienna Rodgers talks to Looking For Growth co-founder Lawrence Newport who wants to ban planning delays just like he outlawed the XL Bully
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would 'Legalise Theft'
Culture
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would "Legalise Theft"
Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming tells Sienna Rodgers about the threat of AI and his frustration with the government’s ‘very, very, very disappointing’ approach to the creative industries
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Over a decade ago, the government decided to place many of England and Wales’ inland waterways in the hands of the Canal & River Trust. As it struggles with increasing financial pressure and a furious row with part of the boating community, has the experiment failed? Alan White investigates. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
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Economy
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
New strategy will address current and future OSH issues, says IOSH
A new five-year health and safety strategy which launches today (Monday 29 February) will help to address current and future issues, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
Britain deemed FinTech capital of the world: Osborne welcomes EY report Partner content
Economy
By EY
Britain deemed FinTech capital of the world: Osborne welcomes EY report
Britain is the leading FinTech centre in the world, according to an independent report by Ernst Young (EY).
How to improve financial services for vulnerable customers - report Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
How to improve financial services for vulnerable customers - report
The Financial Services Vulnerability Taskforce published best practice guidelines to lift the bar on standards for the treatment of vulnerable customers.
Partner content
Economy
By EY
EY and HM Treasury Finance Insight Series: Understanding costing
EYworked with theHMTreasurys to develop a series of video insights for the Government Finance and Internal Audit Conference. Senior Finance Leaders across the UK Government have been interviewed around four central themes of the government finance agenda.
Partner content
Economy
By Mind
Cutting disability benefits by £30 per week won’t help people into work
Today, MPs in the Commons voted to overturn House of Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which would have protected the amount people supported by disability benefits are paid.
Partner content
Economy
By National Federation of Builders
New Opportunities for Construction SMEs?
Recent announcements by the Homes Communities Agency (HCA) have provided plenty of cause for optimism; 80 public land sites, coming in at over 600 acres, will be put up for sale to accelerate house building.
To QE or not to QE?
Economy
By Helen Goodman
To QE or not to QE?
Treasury Select Committee member Helen Goodman MP writes about what the British programme of quantitative easing (QE) has so far delivered.
Partner content
Economy
By National Audit Office
Financial services mis-selling: regulation and redress
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) cannot know whether its activities are reducing the overall scale of financial services mis-selling to consumers, according to a report by the National Audit Office.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
Construction industry launches online portal for parliamentarians
The Chartered Institute of Buildinglaunches online portal to increase interaction with government
Partner content
Economy
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
IOSH holds Parliamentary reception on mental health
Education, training and awareness are the key to mentally-healthy workforces, a Parliamentary reception heard.
What MPs need to know before voting on the Welfare Bill Partner content
Economy
By Parkinson's UK
What MPs need to know before voting on the Welfare Bill
Ahead of today's vote on the Welfare Bill, CEO of Parkinson's UK Steve Ford warns that "cutting payments will not change a person’s medical prognosis, or make them any more capable of working when they aren’t physically able to do so."
Partner content
Economy
By National Audit Office
Fraud landscape review
The exact scale of fraud within government is unknown but excluding tax credit and benefit fraud, detected fraud in 2014-15 across government was equivalent to only 0.02% (72.9 million) of total expenditure (306 billion) according to a report by the National Audit Office. However there is a large disparity between what fraud and error is reported and what other available estimates suggest might be occurring which needs explaining.
Partner content
Economy
By National Audit Office
Accountability to Parliament for taxpayers’ money
The incentives on departmental Accounting Officers (usually the Permanent Secretary) to safeguard value for taxpayers money are weak compared to those associated with the day-to-day job of satisfying Ministers, according to todays report from the National Audit Office.
Partner content
Economy
By Turn2us
Charity highlights concern over Universal Credit call charges
Anti-poverty charity Turn2us has called upon the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to reconsider charging individuals who need to claim for Universal Credit over the phone.
Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
Building society mortgage approvals rise 10% in 2015
Today the BSA has released mortgage lending and savings statistics for the 2015 full year.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Insurance Institute
Clearer communications vital to consumer trust
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) publishes research which highlights the challenges facing life and pensions sector
Partner content
Economy
By Saga
Current pension tax system too complex for people to understand
Gareth Shaw, head of consumer affairs at Saga Investment Services, responds to Osborne's plansto cut pensions tax relief.
Partner content
Economy
By EY
EY and HM Treasury Finance Insight Series
EY worked with the HM Treasurys to develop a series of video insights for the Government Finance and Internal Audit Conference. Senior Finance Leaders across the UK Government have been interviewed around four central themes of the government finance agenda.
Council Tax misuse hitting SME house builders Partner content
Economy
By Federation of Master Builders
Council Tax misuse hitting SME house builders
Ahead of the Budget Statement, Brian Berry, CEO of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) warns that Central Government must prevent local authorities from hindering SME developers with unfair Council Tax burdens.
John Mann MP: Is Mark Carney overrated or just unlucky?
Economy
By Lord Mann
John Mann MP: Is Mark Carney overrated or just unlucky?
Treasury Committee member John Mann MP believes it is time for a fresh look at what Mark Carney has brought to the Bank of England, as he weighs up whether or not to stay in post for a further term.
Partner content
Economy
By GMB
GMB call on Turkish Government to release Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan on the 17th anniversary of his abduction
Abdullah Ocalans freedom is an essential prerequisite to a negotiated settlement and we call for his immediate release says GMB.
Partner content
Economy
By Innovate UK
The sharing economy: apply for business funding for new ideas
Businesses can win up to 30,000 and work with market leaders on innovative ideas to grow use of the sharing economy in a variety of areas.
Partner content
Economy
By Federation of Master Builders
Council Tax misuse hitting SME house builders, warns FMB
Central Government must prevent local authorities from hindering SME developers with unfair Council Tax burdens, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned ahead of the Budget Statement.
Partner content
Education
By Airbus
Female engineers triumph on UN day
Women engineers are celebrating being the very best of British after a glittering red-carpet ceremony in London.
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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
2025
Portcullis House
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025