Government borrowing hits record levels in April
Government borrowing in April is predicted to have surged to £62.1 billion, the highest figure for any month on record, after heavy spending in...
15 per cent of prosecutions under coronavirus laws last month were incorrect
A CPS review of completed prosecutions under coronavirus laws last month has found the legislation was correctly applied in almost 85 per cent of...
No return to the bad old days of office commuting poll finds
Most business executives and their workers would rather not return to work in the way did before the pandemic, a poll shows.
Research from the Accountancy...
Failure to plan for pandemic “astonishing”
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee was “astonished” to learn that, despite the threat of a pandemic being one of the government’s top...
Federation of Small Businesses calls on Government to extend Eat out to help out...
The Federation of Small Businesses is calling on the Government to continue and extend the initiative to further help thousands of small food and...
Payroll numbers fall by nearly 700K highest level for two years
The number of UK workers on payrolls fell by 695,000 between March and August due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Office...
Burnham calls for a three tier approach for local lockdown restrictions
THE Government is in danger of losing public support for its approach to local lockdowns without an urgent re-think of the policy, the Mayor...
New rules to be introduced to help customers with their energy bills this winter
Ofgem has today confirmed plans to strengthen protections for customers who are struggling to pay their energy bills this winter. Following a consultation in...
UK’s terror threat raised to severe
The UK's terror threat has been raised to severe, meaning an attack is "highly likely", following last night's attack in Vienna.
A man armed with...
£164bn stimulus needed to prevent shrunken UK economy, Chancellor warned before spending review
The UK economy needs an ambitious cash injection of £164 billion in the year 2021-22, according to new analysis by IPPR, to restart it fully after the Covid crisis...