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By Road Haulage Association
Employment tax fraud a serious concern, says RHA
Fraud involving the tax status of lorry drivers is becoming a serious concern for the transport industry, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) warns.
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Economy
By KPMG LLP
Six million Brits are earning less than a Living Wage
Some 5.84 million people are paid less than the Living Wage, according to new research published today by KPMG:
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Ofsted report on apprenticeships
Commenting on the publication of Ofsteds report Apprenticeships: developing skills for future prosperity, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
Automatic enrolment: the payroll perspective
As the automatic enrolment process is becoming a reality for 1.3m SMEs in the UK, it is timely to understand just what sort of impact this will have on small businesses.
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By Saga
Complex pension system puts off savers - new poll
New poll reveals that suspicion of future government changes and a complex pensions system are causing people to avoid saving more for retirement. 
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Environment
By GMB
With nine power stations closing GMB warn of UK Government and National Grid complacency over risks of widespread power blackouts
The Government secret plans called Operation Black Start to cope in the event of widespread power blackouts will not be much help says GMB
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By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
The CIPP encourages saving through payroll to support International Credit Union day
The call by the CIPP follows recent research conducted which showed that 55% of respondents would like their employer to offer saving through payroll.
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By GMB
Job losses at Redcar Steel and JCB are dark clouds on horizon with 1.7 million still out of work in the UK
Employment growth is likely to slow as large cuts in public sector employment kick in and as lower paid workers seek more hours to make up for cuts they face in tax credits says GMB
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By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
CIPP payslip survey results released
The CIPP have been undertaking the payslip survey each year since 2008 to try to understand the long-term trends affecting employee payslips.
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By Mind
Government back-to-work scheme failing thousands with mental health problems
The latest statistics* from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reveal that less than 9 per cent of people with mental health problems currently being supported by Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) have been helped into a job by the Work Programme, the Governments flagship back-to-work scheme.
Work Programme’s ‘punitive approach’ makes mental health worse Partner content
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By Mind
Work Programme’s ‘punitive approach’ makes mental health worse
CEO of the charity Mind, Paul Farmer, says bold changes are needed to help people with mental health problems into work.
Richard Harrington MP: Our ambition for 3 million new apprenticeships in the next five years Partner content
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By Find a Future
Richard Harrington MP: Our ambition for 3 million new apprenticeships in the next five years
The Prime Minister's Adviser on Apprenticeships Richard Harrington MP writes for Find a Future in support of Team UK who took part in WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 and how the UK will deliver 3 million new apprenticeships over the next five years.
Britain is facing ‘pensions time bomb,’ new survey warns Partner content
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By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
Britain is facing ‘pensions time bomb,’ new survey warns
Britain is heading towards a ‘pensions time bomb,’ according to a new survey by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.
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Environment
By GMB
GMB welcome commitment of EDF Chairmanto build Hinkley Point C and Sizewell new nuclear low carbon power stations
Together these two new stations will power 10 million homes with low-carbon electricity while Hinkley will create 25,000 new job opportunities says GMB.
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By British Gas
British Gas hires 200 smart meter apprentices
British Gas will hire up to 200 apprentices in smart metering, taking the total recruited to approximately 1,000 this year.
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Economy
By Turn2us
The ill and disabled to face further welfare reform
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has announced radical reform for sickness benefits that the government hopes will encourage up to 1 million people into work.
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By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP responds to David Cameron’s apprenticeship announcement
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers has welcomed Government plans to ask employers for their views on the introduction of an apprenticeship levy, which would apply from 2017.
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By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP Statement on Apprenticeship Levy consultation
A spokesperson for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers said:
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By Road Haulage Association
RHA says apprenticeship levy looks like a tax on payroll
The Road Haulage Association considers that Governments planned changes to boost apprenticeship numbers and drive up the quality of courses risks being little more than a new tax on payroll in the road haulage sector and that the Association was already seeking an urgent meeting with skills minister Nick Boles after the levy was announced by Chancellor George Osborne.
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By NCFE
Government’s approval of apprenticeship standard welcomed by Supply Chain Trailblazer group
Prime Minister David Cameron has today confirmed radical plans to increase the number of quality trailblazer apprenticeships across the country forming part of the governments pledge to support 3 million apprenticeships by 2020 placing ownership of the skills and knowledge required to perform key roles within industry firmly in the hands of the employers.
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By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP statement on legal protection of the term ‘Apprenticeship’
BIS has published a consultation paper on a proposed measure in the Enterprise Bill which will ban the misuse of the term Apprenticeship
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By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Pension relief: Use it or lose it!
Following the governments announcement that pension relief is to be reduced from April next year, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is reminding everyone that any unused relief from the past three years is still open to them.
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By Investment Association
Investors defer to Asset Managers' wisdom as uncertainty dominates
The Investment Association today publishes its monthly statistics for authorised investment funds for June 2015:
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By Carers Trust
Carers Trust says lack of funding will force services to close
Responding to claims that the Living Wage could harm the care sector: