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New UK-US Trade Deal Removes Tariffs On British Steel
New UK-US Trade Deal Removes Tariffs On British Steel
Economy
A trade deal agreed between the UK and the US will see tariffs on British steel reduced to zero, the two sides announced on Thursday.
Sir Crawford Falconer Interview: “The House Is Still On Fire' After Trump's Tariffs
Economy
Sir Crawford Falconer Interview: “The House Is Still On Fire" After Trump's Tariffs
PM Says Criticism Of India Trade Deal Is 'Incoherent Nonsense'
Economy
PM Says Criticism Of India Trade Deal Is "Incoherent Nonsense"
How Should The UK Respond To Trump's Tariffs?
Economy
How Should The UK Respond To Trump's Tariffs?
Labour Row Over “Brain Dead” NI Exemption for Indian Workers In Trade Deal
Economy
Labour Row Over “Brain Dead” NI Exemption for Indian Workers In Trade Deal
Jonathan Reynolds: US Criticism Of Beijing’s Economic Policy Is “Reasonable”
Economy
Jonathan Reynolds: US Criticism Of Beijing’s Economic Policy Is “Reasonable”
The Rundown Podcast: Can The Government Avoid A Pensions Crisis?
Economy
The Rundown Podcast: Can The Government Avoid A Pensions Crisis?
Opinion
To help people save their local sports facilities, let's make community ownership easier
Health
By Emma Foody MP
To help people save their local sports facilities, let's make community ownership easier
‘Amexit’ must force us to rethink Brexit
Brexit
By Liam Byrne MP
‘Amexit’ must force us to rethink Brexit
My party must give Parliament a say on any UK-US trade deal
Economy
By Clive Lewis MP
My party must give Parliament a say on any UK-US trade deal
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Labour Row Over “Brain Dead” NI Exemption for Indian Workers In Trade Deal
Labour Row Over “Brain Dead” NI Exemption for Indian Workers In Trade Deal
Economy
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Environment
Blue Labour's Jonathan Rutherford Is Helping No 10 Find Purpose, Energy And A Story To Tell
Blue Labour's Jonathan Rutherford Is Helping No 10 Find Purpose, Energy And A Story To Tell
Political parties
Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results
Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results
Communities
How Reform UK Won: 'The More They Sing Our Tune, The More We Win'
How Reform UK Won: "The More They Sing Our Tune, The More We Win"
Political parties
Defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable – the Labour leadership must now change course
Defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable – the Labour leadership must now change course
By Richard Burgon MP
Political parties
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Jonathan Reynolds: US Criticism Of Beijing’s Economic Policy Is “Reasonable”
Economy
Jonathan Reynolds: US Criticism Of Beijing’s Economic Policy Is “Reasonable”
As Labour looks for a carve-out from Trump’s tariffs, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds tells Sophie Church why the UK should help the US address China’s imbalanced trading position
Why Britain Can't Build
Economy
Why Britain Can't Build
We can’t start to clear away the blockers until we understand how we erected them in the first place; Michael Dnes details how thousands of sane decisions have led us to the current madness. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
Ben Houchen: 'I Don’t Have A Bad Word To Say About How No 10 Have Engaged With Me”
Economy
Ben Houchen: "I Don’t Have A Bad Word To Say About How No 10 Have Engaged With Me”
Ben Houchen survived against the odds last May. Now the last Tory mayor standing tells Tali Fraser of his determination to make Tees Valley great again. Photography by Christopher Owens
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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.
New government must back UK business, company leaders urge Partner content
Economy
By KPMG LLP
New government must back UK business, company leaders urge
UK business leaders call for stability and an end to demonisation in pre-election survey.
Yes We Can: Sidcup goes high-speed thanks to Coca Cola Enterprises Partner content
Economy
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Yes We Can: Sidcup goes high-speed thanks to Coca Cola Enterprises
 A new high-speed canning line has come into operation at Coca Cola Enterprises in Sidcup.
EventsAll
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
2025
Surveyor's House, 12 Great George Street, SW1P 3AD
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
Starmer: One Year On
2025
Online
Starmer: One Year On
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
2025
Portcullis House
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025