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Tax The Financial Sector To Pay For Protecting Undersea Cables, Says Former Cabinet Minister
Tax The Financial Sector To Pay For Protecting Undersea Cables, Says Former Cabinet Minister
Defence
The financial sector should be taxed to pay for protecting the UK’s underwater cables that transmit billions of pieces of data including online transactions, a former Cabinet minister has said.
Rachel Reeves Doubles Down On Winter Fuel Cut Despite Threat Of Labour Rebellion
Economy
Rachel Reeves Doubles Down On Winter Fuel Cut Despite Threat Of Labour Rebellion
How Rachel Reeves Could Use Bank Of England Reserves To Boost Her Spending Power
Economy
How Rachel Reeves Could Use Bank Of England Reserves To Boost Her Spending Power
Keir Starmer Warns Autumn Budget Will Be 'Painful'
Economy
Keir Starmer Warns Autumn Budget Will Be "Painful"
Pro-Building Group Urges Labour To Keep Bigger London Housing Target
Communities
Pro-Building Group Urges Labour To Keep Bigger London Housing Target
Who Is The Labour Growth Group?
Economy
Who Is The Labour Growth Group?
What Is Chancellor Rachel Reeves Cutting To Deal With The 'Black Hole' She Inherited?
Economy
What Is Chancellor Rachel Reeves Cutting To Deal With The "Black Hole" She Inherited?
The House Live
New employment rights are a win-win
Economy
By Paul Nowak and Helen Dickinson
New employment rights are a win-win
A blueprint to transform UK manufacturing Partner content
Communities
By High Value Manufacturing Catapult
A blueprint to transform UK manufacturing
Sharon Graham: 'I worry the Treasury has a hand in stopping some of the vision'
Economy
By Sienna Rodgers
Sharon Graham: 'I worry the Treasury has a hand in stopping some of the vision'
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Sue Gray Quits As Starmer's Chief Of Staff
Sue Gray Quits As Starmer's Chief Of Staff
Political parties
No10 Says It Was 'Right To Reflect' On Government Operations
No10 Says It Was "Right To Reflect" On Government Operations
Political parties
Tribute to Lord Ouseley – by Lord Woolley
Tribute to Lord Ouseley – by Lord Woolley
By Lord Woolley
Obituaries
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Sharon Graham: 'I worry the Treasury has a hand in stopping some of the vision'
Economy
By Sienna Rodgers
Sharon Graham: 'I worry the Treasury has a hand in stopping some of the vision'
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham talks to Sienna Rodgers about her Celtic upbringing, the ongoing factional fight within her union, and why she blames the Treasury for a lack of vision in government
Jonathan Reynolds: 'You don’t get the nice things unless you’ve got discipline'
Economy
By Sienna Rodgers
Jonathan Reynolds: 'You don’t get the nice things unless you’ve got discipline'
Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds talks to Sienna Rodgers about how ‘nice things’ require fiscal discipline, finding the ‘balance’ on workers’ rights, and his opposition to assisted dying
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
Economy news
Misused zero hours contracts ‘indefensible’
Economy
By Richard Bacon MP
Misused zero hours contracts ‘indefensible’
Ahead of his debate on the subject later today, Conservative MP Richard Bacon calls for the often ‘systematic exploitation’ of zero hours contracts to be addressed.
Partner content
Economy
By EY
UK increases lead in European inward investment race, but EU Referendum threatens its future performance
The UK is Europes number one destination for inward investment, according to EYs UK Attractiveness Report released today.
Partner content
Economy
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET highlights six steps to UK manufacturing success ahead of the Queen’s Speech
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is highlighting six steps to help UK manufacturing fulfils its potential to boost the UK economy, ahead of todays Queens Speech.
Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
Building societies approve 91,000 mortgages in Q1
Building societies lent 12.7 billion of gross new mortgages in the first three months of the year, new data released by the BSA has revealed.
Ideal Queen’s Speech: Recognise importance of good service Partner content
Economy
By Institute of Customer Service
Ideal Queen’s Speech: Recognise importance of good service
The Queen’s Speech should contain a Bill acknowledging the real economic impact of customer services, argues the CEO of the Institute of Customer Service.
Partner content
Communities
By Building Societies Association
Independent review of building society governance published
Management and governance at building societies must be every bit as rigorous as that at shareholder-owned banks.
Businesses call for Heathrow expansion Partner content
Economy
By Heathrow
Businesses call for Heathrow expansion
Small Businesses across the country have come out in support of Heathrow expansion, suggesting it will boost the UK economy.
Partner content
Economy
By KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP: Pace of digital innovation quickens; large companies struggle to keep up, says Harvey Nash CIO Survey in association with KPMG
Big data analytics jumps to No.1 in demand skill, big growth in CDO roles
Partner content
Economy
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald appointed on G-Cloud framework
Mott MacDonald has been appointed on Lots 3 and 4 of the G-Cloud 6 framework. G-Cloud is part of a digital marketplace1, established by the UK government, for public sector bodies to procure commodity information technology services from suppliers.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals is backing Learning at Work Week with mentoring initiative
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is backing Learning at Work Week with a bespoke mentoring scheme aimed at helping its apprentices learn more about the organisation.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals to bid farewell to Associate director of policy, research, and strategic visibility Karen Thomson after 13 years of service
Karen Thomson, Associate director of policy, research, and strategic visibility at the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is to bid farewell to the organisation after 13 years of continuous service.
Partner content
Economy
By Investment Association
Capital Markets Union can make investment better
The Investment Associations responses to the EU Commissions consultations on Capital Markets Union (CMU), securitisation and the Prospectus Directive focus on Europes need for increased investment capital to drive sustainable economic growth. The Association argues that this will only succeed if European citizens have the confidence to bring their hard-earned savings to the capital markets to secure their own financial futures as they get older.
Partner content
Economy
By EY
Pattern of sharp falls in unemployment and subdued wage growth is starting to change - EY ITEM Club comments on labour market figures
Labour marketreturns to more normal conditionswithunemploymentdown and pay growth up.Businesses focus should steadily shift from expanding headcount to boostingproductivity
Partner content
Economy
By KPMG LLP
BRC: Best three months average sales growth since June
UK retail sales decreased by 2.4% on a like-for-like basis from April 2014, when they had increased 4.2% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were down 1.3%, against a 5.7% rise in April 2014. Adjusted for the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index deflation, total growth was 0.6%.
Partner content
Economy
By Airbus
Team from City University London shortlisted for Airbus “Fly Your Ideas” final
A student team from City University London is one of the five teams selected by Airbus to compete in the fourth edition of the Fly Your Ideas challenge.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
Payroll professionals ‘losing patience’ with HMRC helpline, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.
Payroll professionals are ending calls to Her Majestys Revenue and Customs (HMRC) before they have even been connected to an adviser according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).
Partner content
Economy
By The Work Foundation
Latest positive labour market figures mask underlying structural problems for unemployed
Commenting on today's labour market statistics, Ian Brinkley, chief economist at Lancaster Universitys Work Foundation, said:
Partner content
Economy
By Institute of Customer Service
Customer complaints see 8-fold rise on social media
One in four social media users in the UK used platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Google+ to make a complaint over the past 3 months, according to the latest report published by The Institute of Customer Service.
Partner content
Economy
By Unite
Plan for 50 per cent voting threshold for industrial action ballots is ‘a terrible mistake’, Unite warns
Plan for 50 per cent voting threshold for industrial action ballots is a terrible mistake, Unite warns.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
CIPP launches new recruitment tool to help companies find payroll stars of tomorrow
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is joining together with a leading payroll recruitment website in a bid to help companies find payroll professionals of tomorrow.
Easter break boosts consumer spending Partner content
Economy
By Visa
Easter break boosts consumer spending
Weeks of political uncertainly do not appear to have dampened consumer confidence, as the latest figures from Visa Europe’s Expenditure Index show a 2% year-on-year increase in spending in April.
Partner content
Economy
By Visa
Visa Europe: UK Expenditure Index
Consumer spending rises at fastest rate since November;shoppers spend on dining out and making home improvements
Partner content
Economy
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP comments on General Election results
Association of Employment and Learning Providers CEO Stewart Segals comments on the election results, saying:
Partner content
Economy
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Creating value through governance: channelling corporate culture and ethics in boards
We have reached the limit of what we can deliver through regulation - we need to restore trust in business and to create value by giving more emphasis to corporate culture.
EventsAll
The House Staffer Reception
2024
London
The House Staffer Reception
CSW Collaboration Conference
2025
London
CSW Collaboration Conference