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Downing Street Pushes For Progress In Compromise Talks With Welfare Rebels

26 Jun 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.

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The international fightback against dangerous products sold online

25 Jun Health

Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster

21 Jun Economy

Keir Starmer Faces An Increasingly Fractious Labour Party

20 Jun Economy

Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump

20 Jun Health

Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election

19 Jun Health

Labour Whip Quits In First Frontbench Resignation Over Welfare Reforms

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01 Jul Economy

It's time to put an end to financial secrecy in the British Virgin Islands

29 Jun Health

I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015

16 Jun Economy

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

29 Jun Defence

Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote

03 Jul Foreign affairs

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Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left

02 Jul Political parties

I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015

29 Jun Health

Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government

01 Jul Health

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15 Jun 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

01 Jun 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

18 May 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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UK consumers have a spring in their step

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

UK consumers have a spring in their step

As spring approaches indicators suggest that consumers are gaining in confidence, with household spending steadily increasing.

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

Visa Europe: UK Expenditure Index

Spring starts early as consumers spend on social time.

The success of Labour's careers advice pledge

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09 Apr 2015 Education

The success of Labour's careers advice pledge

The National Federation of Builders welcomes Miliband's promise to guarantee personal careers advice for all teenagers, but warns the success of the plan depends on the advisors.

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08 Apr 2015 Economy

Call for beefed-up trade minister to boost UK exports welcomed by Unite

A beefed up role for a trade minister with a seat in the cabinet to coordinate and boost UK exports a central plank of a new report on delivering an export-led recovery has been welcomed by Unite, the countrys largest union.

Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career

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08 Apr 2015 Education

Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career

Improving the UK’s skills gap must be a priority for the next Government, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute.

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08 Apr 2015 Economy

Tackling the skills gap: From classroom to workplace

The CII's pre-election skills manifesto identifies five key policy issues, an incoming government will need to address in order to tackle the UK's skills gap.

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06 Apr 2015 Economy

UK bank profits up 62%, but must urgently tackle low return on equity, says KPMG report

Report reveals divergent performance across the top five UK-based banks as the profitability at the two state-backed banks continued to rise, whereas it fell at the three global banks.Strengthening economic conditions sees loan impairment costs fall 72 per cent to 5.2bn.Encouragingly, four of the five banks have taken the significant step of including customer satisfaction information in their annual reports.

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01 Apr 2015 Economy

Engineers call on future Government to make UK a global leader in next generation communications networks

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has today launched its General Election Campaign, calling on the next Government to take steps to establish the UK as a global telecommunications leader and introduce legislation to make sure there is a reliable broadband service across all parts of the country.

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31 Mar 2015 Economy

Hyder Mott MacDonald joint venture appointed on Davyhulme wastewater treatment works expansion, UK

A partnership between Hyder Consulting and Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Laing ORouke Imtech joint venture to provide detailed design and project management services for a multimillion pound expansion of Davyhulme wastewater treatment works.

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30 Mar 2015 Economy

Gov.uk 'not fit for purpose'

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals Associate Director Karen Thomson argues that making the new gov.uk website fit for purpose is an 'urgent job for the next government'

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30 Mar 2015 Economy

Resource website for payroll professionals no longer “fit for purpose” according to the CIPP

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is today calling for an overhaul of a leading government website designed to help the UK customer find information they need from any government department. This includes payroll and accountancy professionals who solve complex tax problems.

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27 Mar 2015 Economy

Electrospinning – using 19th century technology to aid modern drug discovery

A small Oxfordshire company has adapted a 19th century technique to achieve a more naturalistic environment for growing cell lines for nanotechnology laboratory research.

27 Mar 2015 Health

1.9 million new jobs created by this Government and progress removing the stigma of mental health

The Minister of State for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pensions writes about the progress this Government has made on reducing unemployment and improving mental health provision. He says the next Government must build on this progress.

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27 Mar 2015 Economy

Proposed additional tax relief would encourage CIPP members to save more for a pension, according to survey

Research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has shown that proposals to double-tax relief on pension savings would encourage its members to save more for a pension.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

The Investment Association says property was the best-selling sector in February

The Investment Association today publishes its statistics for authorised investment fundsfor February 2015:

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

ABI responds to FCA’s final report on Retirement Income Market Study

Commenting onFCAs final report on their Retirement income Market Study, Yvonne Braun, ABIs Director of Long-Term Savings Policy, said:

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

Optimism returns to the UK housing market

The future for property purchase is looking bright, with over one third (36%) of people saying that now is a good time to buy, the BSAs MarchProperty Trackersurvey has identified.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

Whole of Government Accounts 2013-14

The Treasury is continuing to improve the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA), which shows in a single document the overall financial position of the UK public sector.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

A whole new way of retirement planning

A pensions dashboard showing customers' collective savings introduces a whole new way of retirement planning.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

Breakthrough Aerospace technologies to receive Innovate UK funding

Game-changing technologies that will help maintain the UK's position as having the second largest aerospace industry in the world are to be supported by a new 10m competition announced by the Government's innovation experts today.

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25 Mar 2015 Economy

Unite seeks urgent meeting on UK jobs as Heinz and Kraft merge

Reassurances about future UK job security are being sought by Unite, the countrys largest union, following todays (Wednesday 25 March) announcement that US food giant Heinz is to merge with Kraft Foods Group.

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25 Mar 2015 Economy

EY comment on today's PSR’s policy statement

EY responded to the Payment Systems Regulator's announcementthat it will regulate the industry from 1 April 2015.

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25 Mar 2015 Environment

Opportunities for red meat exports to China in spotlight

Future exports of beef and lamb to China could mirror the successful blueprint of pork and benefit the entire supply chain, according to EBLEX.

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25 Mar 2015 Economy

HSBC joins Dumfries and Galloway Council to obtain prestigious CIPP PQP accreditation

HSBC and Dumfries and Galloway Council have obtained the prestigious Payroll Quality Partnership (PQP) accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).

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