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29 Sep Environment

Campaigning in Makerfield, Andy Burnham threatened Thames Water with public ownership – but has not so far followed through. Ben Gartside reports on a decision that will define his approach to privately owned suppliers of public goods.

28 Sep Economy

John Healey Pledges "Fiscal Discipline" And Hints At Welfare Reform

28 Sep Economy

Unison's Andrea Egan: I'm Not Rejoining Labour Until The Party Inspires Me

14 Sep Economy

Tory Council Asks For Housing Benefit Boost Despite Kemi Badenoch Calling For Cuts

10 Sep Economy

TUC Head Urges Government To Reject Choice Between Defence Spending And Public Services

04 Aug Economy

How Could Andy Burnham Pay For His Policy Pledges?

28 Jul Economy

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30 Sep Economy

It’s time ministers saw our ability to feed ourselves from the sea as a strategic asset

26 Sep Economy

We need to get our welfare system back on track – and review the triple lock

26 Sep Economy

The public may be more open to pension reform than we think

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Hazards Ahead: How Labour Unity Under Andy Burnham May Be Tested In The Months Ahead

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Health inequality is everyone’s business – government must act across every department

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14 Jul Economy

Inside Burnham's ‘No 10 North’ Plans: “It's Not Just About Creating A Second Westminster”

Andy Burnham has pledged to create a ‘No 10 North’ in Manchester that would serve as the ‘nerve centre of a rewired Britain’. Will it work? How? Sienna Rodgers reports

02 Jun Culture

Stephanie Peacock: “I've Got No Time For Conversations About Rejoining The EU”

Tourism minister Stephanie Peacock talks to Sienna Rodgers about introducing a controversial tourist tax and tackling short-term holiday lets – plus why Labour finds itself in a mess, but relitigating Brexit would be wrong

23 Mar Communities

Culture Clash – Lisa Nandy On Keeping Hope Alive

Critics say Lisa Nandy should spend more time meeting stakeholders in her brief, but the Culture Secretary tells Francis Elliott she’s fighting for the government to give hope to the most vulnerable. Photography by Tom Pilston

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Construction industry reacts positively to business friendly Budget

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17 Mar 2016 Economy

Construction industry reacts positively to business friendly Budget

As the Chancellor George Osborne delivers his 2016 Budget, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) provides its reaction to today’s headline commitments and announcements affecting the built environment.

City analysts at EY break down the Budget

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17 Mar 2016 Economy

City analysts at EY break down the Budget

Top professional services firm, EY, offers its analysis of the most significant developments in the 2016 Budget.

Apprenticeships still have an image problem – report

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17 Mar 2016 Education

Apprenticeships still have an image problem – report

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Apprenticeship Levy, due to be introduced in April, and in line with National Apprenticeships Week, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is publishing a report into how young people perceive non-academic education. ACCA's chief executive Helen Brand tells PoliticsHome about the findings.

17 Mar 2016 Economy

Chancellor’s weak productivity plan is failing UK

The former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury argues that a more humble Chancellor would accept his efforts to boost UK productivity aren’t working and make some changes.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget 2016: New Lifetime ISA welcomed

Responding to the Chancellors Budget, Robin Fieth, Chief Executive of the Building Societies Association, said:

The big macroeconomic question – do the sums add up?

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

The big macroeconomic question – do the sums add up?

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Exeter Business School, Professor John Maloney blogs for PoliticsHome on today's Budget.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Impact of PIP changes on those living with an illness or disability

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has confirmed reductions to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in today's Budget; however no additional cuts have been announced to welfare and support.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

What did the Budget do for the next generation?

The chancellor called this a Budget for the next generation. However, a look through the detail suggests to the exact opposite being true.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

New life time ISAs could herald the long term demise of private pensions

Responding to the BudgetCarolineAbrahams, Charity Director for Age UK, said:

Investment Association praises Chancellor's savings, productivity and investment reforms

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Investment Association praises Chancellor's savings, productivity and investment reforms

Commenting on the Budget, trade group The Investment Association welcomes the boost given to millennial savers and productivity, and a simplification of tax paid by fund investors.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Boost for Millennial savers as productivity and investment underpin Budget 2016

Guy Sears, Interim CEO of the Investment Association, said:

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

ABI: Full Budget reaction on IPT, Lifetime ISAs and CMC regulation

Responding to today's Budget, Huw Evans, Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) made the following comments.

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget a ‘missed opportunity’ in race to meet housing targets, warns FMB

This Budget may prove to be a missed opportunity in the Governments race against time to meet its own housing targets, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned in response to the Budget Statement.

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16 Mar 2016 Health

Budget 2016: Government has failed to support unpaid carers

Responding to todays Budget, GailScott-Spicer, CEO ofCarersTrust, said:

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

The Chancellor is finally thinking small first

ACCA gives its view on the Chancellors eighth budget

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16 Mar 2016 Economy

Chancellor's benefit changes 'will make many disabled people’s lives harder' - Scope

Disability charity Scope responds to todays budget in which the Chancellor confirmed changes to disability benefits.

The deficit Osborne doesn’t like to talk about – solving the healthcare crisis

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16 Mar 2016 Health

The deficit Osborne doesn’t like to talk about – solving the healthcare crisis

An ageing population combined with diminishing funds for social care has led the charity Independent Age to appeal for a health and care budget that looks beyond short-term efficiency. To avoid further crisis in the NHS, it calls on the Government to create an independent Care Commission tasked with securing the long-term future of social care.

16 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget must be about the national interest, not Osborne’s leadership ambitions

Rachel Reeves MP accuses the Chancellor of using the Budget as a 'job application' for next Tory leader.

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15 Mar 2016 Economy

Dare to be boring, accountancy body tells Chancellor

ACCA offers advice to Chancellor ahead of Budget

Budget 2016: Chancellor must make UK building stock more energy efficient

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15 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget 2016: Chancellor must make UK building stock more energy efficient

Ahead of this week's Budget, the Glass and Glazing Federation urges a greener budget from the Chancellor

Don’t make your daughter go to university

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Don’t make your daughter go to university

The Chief Executive of national charity, Career Ready, urges teachers and parents to consider new professional apprenticeships as valid alternatives to higher education.

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

‘Degree apprenticeships’ have been lauded by Universities UK (UUK) and Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, as ‘life-changing opportunities’ with the potential to plug more specific skills gaps.

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14 Mar 2016 Economy

Surge in insurance apprenticeships

New figures from the CII show a 50% increase in technical insurance apprenticeship starts since 2013.

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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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