Hopes were raised this week that Britain may avoid slipping back into recession – however narrowly – because of signs of a modest upturn in the services industry. The sector …
The national minimum wage will rise by 11p to £6.19 an hour in October, Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced. The rise amounts to 1.8 per cent. But the rates …
Chancellor George Osborne’s “fiscally neutral” Budget giveaway to the country’s richest taxpayers will be financed by cuts in welfare, tax credits and to pensioners’ allowances. Mr Osborne and Liberal Democrat …
Meanwhile MPs’ pensions contributions to increase by just 1.85 per cent while lower paid public sector workers to see their own contributions rise by 3.2 per cent
Country’s highest earners have been given £1.6 billion pensions “subsidy” at expense of “squeezed middle”, says Labour
Fraud and basic lack of value for money from “back to work” companies may run throughout the entire system, said Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge this week. Her warning …
Chancellor George Osborne is this week putting the finishing touches to next week’s Budget against a backdrop of the less than cheering news that the United Kingdom (gross domestic product …
‘Before the election, yes, I did go riding with him. He has a number of different horses and yes, one of them was this former police horse Raisa which I …
Deal comes into effect when 12 of 17 eurozone states ratify it as Irish referendum can not block it, Czech Republic says it may join later
Contractor Initial says cleaners rejected pay increase of 2 per cent, RMT says offer amounted to just 13 pence or £6.76 an hour
Prime Minister says ‘I may have got on a horse once, but not that one’ since May 2010 as he seeks to further distance himself from former NI boss Rebekah …
Prime Minister David Cameron says the benefits cap – which Labour says it supports ‘in principle’ – is the start of a ‘sensible modern welfare system’ as disability living allowances …
Union says lax UK employment laws allow employers to evade EU obligations to consult workers
France’s richest woman the L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, whose contributions to Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential election campaign have led to criminal charges against his former Finance Minister Eric Woerth, earned 334 …
The controversial workfare company A4e – whose £180 million turnover is financed entirely by government contracts and whose boss paid herself £8.6 million last year – this week said it …
Labour this week offered to support GP-led commissioning of treatment and services but only if the Government drops its embattled Health Bill. Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham used an Opposition …
Neither the Bank nor OBR can really say with any certainty what UK growth will be like in 2012, admits Governor
NASUWT says proper valuation will prove whether government claims about sustainability of scheme are true
Numbers of women claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance tops 531,700
Socialist challenger Hollande sticks to pledges of taxes on rich and corporations as best means to tackle deficit, boost education and create jobs
Eurozone buoyed by successful sale of Italian government debt
Pension funds look for impact assessment of anticipated new directive as Coalition moots “raid” on £50,000 tax ceiling for private pensions to fund £10,000 tax free allowance for low-paid
B of E Governor Mervyn King will still have to write letter to chancellor explaining why inflation still ahead of its statutory 2 per cent target
