As Britain seeks out new opportunities for turbocharging economic growth, Peter Ware, partner and head of government at UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson, argues that we need to turn our...
The establishment of the Fair Work Agency is an important step towards better enforcement of employment rights, the Resolution Foundation has said, but the government must give it more powers and...
The government has come under fire for its decision to avert the closure of British Steel’s Scunthorpe site after it emerged that the Department for Business and Trade intervened without a clear exit...
A £3,000 wage subsidy for employers taking on young unemployed people and changes to the apprenticeship system were among an expanded package of measures hoped to tackle youth employment, amid...
Although the Covid counter fraud commissioner has published his final report, work to reclaim lost pandemic funds is far from over. What have successive governments done so far, and what happens next?
The UK has a peculiar problem with worklessness. Although unemployment remains relatively low, economic inactivity has shot up in the past few years. Why has this happened, and what should the...
The predicted cost to business of the new Employment Rights Act has been slashed by 80% from £5bn to £1bn a year – or 0.1% of the UK’s total pay bill – following a series of concessions,...
Government changes to the immigration system risk exposing migrant workers to exploitation, as well as encouraging more people to break visa rules, a report has warned.
The government has launched a consultation into the “long overdue” resetting of the business rates retention system to ensure funding is targeted at areas of greatest need.
A negotiated deal with the US is the best way to secure economic stability in the wake of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, the government has said.
Labour’s promise of beefed-up employment rights should not be seen as a “free lunch” for workers, and could push down wages and lead to job losses among lower-paid employees, the Institute for Fiscal...
Collaboration is driving decarbonisation across the public and private sectors, a minister has said as the Net Zero Council reached its first anniversary.
How public sector organisations can, and must, use digital tools to drastically improve disbursement processes for those disbursing funds as well as end users.
Company failure can present the public sector with extremely high levels of risk. Simon Reason of the National Audit Office explains some work the watchdog has done preparing a report setting...
