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Senior Tory Defends Pension Tax Cut As A 'Basic Decent Principle'
Senior Tory Defends Pension Tax Cut As A "Basic Decent Principle"
Economy
Oliver Dowden has defended the government's decision to lift the £1m cap on pension pots, a move set to benefit around 1m wealthy pensioners, in the face of claims that it is a tax cut for the wealthy.
Boosted Tories Are Optimistic Of A Comeback, But An Election Win Remains 'A Long Way Away'
Economy
Boosted Tories Are Optimistic Of A Comeback, But An Election Win Remains "A Long Way Away"
What Economists Say About Key Spring Budget Announcements
Economy
What Economists Say About Key Spring Budget Announcements
What Is Really Happening With Inflation?
Economy
What Is Really Happening With Inflation?
Jeremy Hunt's Low Key Budget Keeps Tory MPs On Side
Economy
Jeremy Hunt's Low Key Budget Keeps Tory MPs On Side
What Does The Independent Budget Watchdog Say About Jeremy Hunt's Plans?
Economy
What Does The Independent Budget Watchdog Say About Jeremy Hunt's Plans?
Rishi Sunak Won't Promise He Will Reduce Net Migration To Tens Of Thousands
Brexit
Rishi Sunak Won't Promise He Will Reduce Net Migration To Tens Of Thousands
The House Live
Development banks need a bold new vision to tackle global crises
Economy
By Vicky Ford MP
Development banks need a bold new vision to tackle global crises
Mission Zero: Why the Skidmore Review can kickstart the nation’s journey to net zero Partner content
Environment
By UKCRIC
Mission Zero: Why the Skidmore Review can kickstart the nation’s journey to net zero
New guidance empowers construction clients to help drive up standards, collaboration, innovation and value Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
New guidance empowers construction clients to help drive up standards, collaboration, innovation and value
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The Jonathan Reynolds interview: 'Vulnerability could and should be a universal standard'
Economy
By Tali Fraser
The Jonathan Reynolds interview: "Vulnerability could and should be a universal standard"
Jonathan Reynolds talks to Tali Fraser about a universal standard of vulnerability when it comes to energy policy – and his faith as a Christian where, he says, ‘questions of poverty and vulnerability are central’. Photography by Baldo Sciacca
What Economists Say About Key Spring Budget Announcements
Economy
What Economists Say About Key Spring Budget Announcements
One of the UK's leading independent economic research units, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has issued its verdict on key elements of Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget: tax, childcare, and health related benefits.
What Is Really Happening With Inflation?
Economy
What Is Really Happening With Inflation?
Inflation has been one of the central challenges facing the government as it attempts to improve the UK's gloomy economic outlook, and in Wednesday's Spring Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was keen to stress that his "plan is working" to bring it down.
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Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
Sustainability transitions: catalysing innovation in the foundational economy for a green and just future
The UK is making progress to achieve net zero, with the latest findings indicating that UK emissions in 2021 fell below 2019 levels. These efforts, however, are still identified as insufficient for fulfilling the Paris Agreement. To lead the way towards a green and just future, regional and urban areas are developing ambitious strategies to reduce emissions and improve social conditions. Such approaches will likely be required to address the significant environmental, social and economic pressures that have occurred since 2019. In this article, Usman Aziz, Professor Elvira Uyarra, and Dr Josephine Mylan from The University of Manchester analyse international best practice of sustainability policies in city-regions and the lessons that can be drawn from them.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
#TimeForChange: BVA urges vet teams to talk about pay
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging veterinary employers and employees to get better at tackling one of the UK’s most famously awkward conversations – pay – using a new member resource, launched today (17 February). The guide, Talking about pay in the veterinary professions, is designed to support veterinary workplaces in improving pay transparency and facilitating effective conversations about pay for the whole team.
It’s time to tackle gender inequality in unpaid care work
Economy
By Cherie Blair
It’s time to tackle gender inequality in unpaid care work
Juggling a career with unpaid care work is an enormous challenge that women face everywhere.
Top Stories: Record Energy Giant Profits, Stephen Flynn Ruled Out Of SNP Race
Economy
Top Stories: Record Energy Giant Profits, Stephen Flynn Ruled Out Of SNP Race
British Gas owner Centrica made profits of £3.3billion last year, as household energy bills soared across the country.
Partner content
Economy
By Mobile UK
5G Passes Major Milestone of One Billion Connections – What Comes Next?
The UK’s workforce is being squeezed on multiple fronts – government and business must respond
Economy
By Lord Bridges
The UK’s workforce is being squeezed on multiple fronts – government and business must respond
Since the start of the pandemic, economic inactivity has increased by about 570,000 people, as seen in the ‘help wanted’ signs on high streets across the country.
Top Stories: Inflation Falls, Labour Apologises For Antisemitism, MoD In 'Uphill Battle' Over Budget
Defence
Top Stories: Inflation Falls, Labour Apologises For Antisemitism, MoD In "Uphill Battle" Over Budget
Inflation slowed in January, according to official figures, but remains near record-highs with rates still higher than ten per cent.
Competitive decarbonisation is the only way to save our industrial communities
Environment
By John Penrose MP, Jo Gideon MP, Stephen Kinnock MP and Arjan Geveke
Competitive decarbonisation is the only way to save our industrial communities
Today, we are launching a cross-party and cross-industry commission to explore how the United Kingdom can reach net zero without undermining the competitiveness of British industry.
Home Office Delays Workforce Review To Frustration Of Staff-Short Industries
Economy
Home Office Delays Workforce Review To Frustration Of Staff-Short Industries
Exclusive: The government has delayed a planned review of shortages in the workforce after net migration to the UK reached its highest level on record.
Top Stories: Council Tax To Rise By Maximum Rate, Real Terms Pay Falls
Economy
Top Stories: Council Tax To Rise By Maximum Rate, Real Terms Pay Falls
Almost three quarters of authorities in England are set to increase council tax by the maximum allowance of five per cent this year, new data suggests.
We must work to help unlock the potential of apprenticeships
Economy
By Lord Knight of Weymouth
We must work to help unlock the potential of apprenticeships
Governments around the world are grappling with some huge challenges, but this feels especially acute here in the UK.
Inside Darren Jones's mission to protect British workers
Economy
By Sophie Church
Inside Darren Jones's mission to protect British workers
Darren Jones never anticipated becoming notorious on social media. Nonetheless, the Labour MP for Bristol North West has become something of a TikTok icon, owing to the intense scrutiny with which he treats politicians and company leaders in his role of chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee.
Top Stories: UK Narrowly Avoided Recession, Labour Win Large Majority In By-Election
Economy
Top Stories: UK Narrowly Avoided Recession, Labour Win Large Majority In By-Election
The UK economy narrowly avoided recession at the end of last year, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reporting that economic output in the last three months of 2022 was flat at 0 per cent.
How apprentices are shaping the future of betting and gaming Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
How apprentices are shaping the future of betting and gaming
The work of our members highlights what can be achieved with a commitment to apprenticeships and we intend to go even further with 5,000 new opportunities created over the next couple of years.
Partner content
Economy
By BASF
Flue2Chem: Cross-sector collaboration
SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), BASF and 13 other organisations have secured funding for a two-year programme to develop a new value chain to convert industrial waste gases into sustainable materials for consumer products. The project, which has been granted £2.68 million from Innovate UK, will aim to help the UK reach its net zero target.
The Conservatives are ignoring working women. Labour will unleash their talents
Economy
By Anneliese Dodds MP
The Conservatives are ignoring working women. Labour will unleash their talents
The Conservatives have spent a decade letting down women of all ages and all backgrounds.
The importance of opening up apprenticeship opportunities to all ages, not just school leavers Partner content
Education
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
The importance of opening up apprenticeship opportunities to all ages, not just school leavers
The start of February can only mean one thing: National Apprenticeship Week is upon us again. Each year, I like to reflect on how much progress we’ve made over the past twelve months, not just at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), but also as an industry.
Partner content
Economy
By Mobile UK
How The UK’s Mobile Operators Are Making The Internet A Safer Place
Today marks the 20th edition of Safer Internet Day. The awareness campaign has become a landmark event in the online safety calendar each year, and is celebrated in around 180 countries and territories worldwide.
Only by giving teachers fair pay can we deliver world class education
Education
By Lord Storey
Only by giving teachers fair pay can we deliver world class education
With an intense workload, long hours and relatively poor pay, it’s not surprising that teachers across England and Wales have chosen to strike.
Britain’s unaffordable and dysfunctional childcare system is forcing women out of work
Economy
By Joeli Brearley
Britain’s unaffordable and dysfunctional childcare system is forcing women out of work
If the United Kingdom’s economy is to advance and flourish, then it must mobilise the full potential of its people. That includes mothers.
Rishi Sunak's Whitehall Reset Gives Fresh Focus But Leaves Limited Time To Deliver On His Promises
Economy
Rishi Sunak's Whitehall Reset Gives Fresh Focus But Leaves Limited Time To Deliver On His Promises
Rishi Sunak has undertaken a mini-reshuffle - the fifth in 20 months - as he seeks to set a new path for government following the damage of Nadhim Zahawi's sacking.
Decarbonising construction today with low carbon concrete Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Decarbonising construction today with low carbon concrete
The UK construction sector, working in collaboration with UK manufacturers of cement and concrete, has a strong track record of reducing emissions from concrete construction. But there are opportunities to accelerate the adoption of new low carbon concretes and reduce the carbon emissions of our built environment even further.
We must scrap the unliveable Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
Economy
By Jack Shaw
We must scrap the unliveable Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
The National Minimum Wage has benefitted millions of Brits. When it was introduced in 1999 it was met with scepticism in some quarters, fearing that employers would cover their costs by scaling back on investment.
Showcasing the need for project management skills in the UK Partner content
Economy
By Association for Project Management
Showcasing the need for project management skills in the UK
The recent announcement of round two of the Government’s flagship Levelling Up Fund has placed the spotlight on project skills. The £4.8bn fund is intended to help deliver local projects.
EventsAll
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
2023
Edinburgh
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
Making an experimental approach to digital change work in government
2023
Online
Making an experimental approach to digital change work in government
Net Zero Week 2023
2023
Online
Net Zero Week 2023
Women into Leadership Online
2023
Online
Women into Leadership Online