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Jeremy Corbyn is “puzzled” as to why anyone should think him a “shabby, spineless coward” for failing to make Labour’s case for Remain ahead of the EU referendum.
To achieve global success, the UK must turn its brainpower into making and selling things. The High Value Manufacturing Catapult explains how it is working with industry to make that happen.
Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government Liz McInnes MP believes that the Government must learn from the failure of High Street chains like BHS and Austin Reed 'to save workers and businesses on our High Streets'
Tory peer Lord Holmes calls upon parliamentarians to support his PMB to outlaw unpaid internships and consign the practice to the classics.
Labour MP Caroline Flint says the time has come for the Government to "show some leadership" on country-by-country tax reporting, as she tables an amendment to the Finance Bill.
Labour MP Holly Lynch rails against Osborne’s decision to not extend his new ‘living wage’ to workers under 25 and calls upon Government to “rethink this unjust decision.”
With Lord Lennie today asking the Government how it intends to improve the completion rate of apprenticeships, the Chartered Insurance Institute has issued the following comment:
Labour MP Dan Jarvis is leading a debate in the Commons this evening to address the tens of thousands of UK citizens dying from cold weather each year.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is leading an ambitious ‘life, pensions and long term savings initiative’ to improve standards and public confidence in the profession.
With the launch of a new APPG on entrepreneurship today, the group's Chairman Alan Mak MP reflects on the future of entrepreneurship in the UK.
A life, pensions and long term savings initiative led by Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) President Robert Fletcher has launched the 2016 Commitment – an unprecedented call to the life, pensions and long term savings providers to commit to a framework of professional standards - that uniquely is underpinned by credible and robust measures.
MPs, economists and the Government debate the merits of the trade deal, and the controversial ISDS courts that allow private companies to sue nation-states.
Macroeconomist Simon Wren-Lewis explains why the Bank of England needs more ammunition to stimulate today’s economy and soften the blow of the next financial crisis.
In response to the European Union Commission's consultation on how to improve and boost cross-border investment funds in the EU Single Market, Guy Sears, Interim Chief Executive of the Investment Association, said:
The Investment Association today unveils its new monthly statistics to reflect UK investor behaviour rather than purely focusing on flows in and out of UK domiciled funds.
Politicians, industry experts and entrepreneurs came together recently at the IPSE Policy Conference to discuss how self-employment can be supported and championed in the UK. Padraig Carroll from Dods Monitoring reports on the day's events.
It feels like only yesterday that David Cameron was being denounced from the Labour benches as a “racist” for trying to link Sadiq Khan to Islamic extremists.
A Labour MP says voters are being misled by 'woefully inaccurate claims' by both sides.
The National Audit Office has today published its report on the Treasury’s sixth set of Whole of Government Accounts (WGA). The 2014-15 version of the WGA is the most complete picture of the public finances that is available and the quality of the document and its accuracy is continuing to improve. The accounts now include Network Rail and the Pension Protection Fund, and so show a broader range of the public sectors activities than they have ever before.
The Association of British Insurers has today set out its intention to take forward the next phase to deliver the Pensions Dashboard, including potentially creating a prototype.
Building societies performed strongly in both the mortgage and savings market in the first quarter of the year despite intensive competition from the big 5 banks and smaller challengers, says the Building Societies Association.
HMRC’s digital strategy aims to improve the efficiency and quality of its customer services by moving more personal taxpayers online thereby reducing demand for more costly to handle telephone and postal contact. HMRC, through substantial staff reductions, decreased the cost of its personal tax operations between 2010-11 and 2014-15 by £257 million. Today’s National Audit Office report finds that while HMRC maintained or improved customer service up to 2013-14 it then misjudged the cumulative impact of its complex transition and released too many customer service staff before completing service changes.
An extensive report published today by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) attempts to understand why productivity in the construction sector has stalled, and how this affects productivity in the wider economy.
The Director of Manufacturing at Cranfield University writes ahead of the National Manufacturing Debate on 25th May discussing: "How can UK Manufacturing Growth match the best of the G7?"