UK needs to get serious about its future as a services economy, and the...
The misplaced view that our economic competitiveness is narrowly built on banking, and that it should be based on manufacturing, distracts from building on...
Barnardo’s reveals increase in children being forced into crime
Barnardo’s, the leading children’s charity, is seeing increasing numbers of cases of children at risk of multiple dangers, including sexual and criminal exploitation.
Nearly 60...
Time is running out to prevent a divided UK warns Lord Kerslake
The government must urgently develop a long-term vision for the UK which decisively addresses deprivation, unlocks regional economic potential and confronts the challenges presented...
Nearly a quarter of jobs could be lost during the lockdown
Estimates produced by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex suggest the lockdown can take more than 6.5m...
Cost of living crisis sees a return to cash
The cost of living crisis is seeing a move back to cash transactions according to the British Retail Consortium although cards still account for...
City pay has risen more than three times faster than NHS key worker pay...
City pay including bonuses (pay in the financial services and insurance sector), has risen more than three times faster than nurses' pay since 2008,...
Interest rates at 14 year high as Bank of England raises rate by 0.5...
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.5 per cent this lunchtime,the ninth consecutive rate rise
The lending rate now stands at...
Ford agrees to refund owners of vehicles whose faulty engines have had to be...
A BBC Inside Out investigation has found that hundreds of Ford owners across the UK have experienced catastrophic failures with their cars and as...
£100m annual savings and 1200 redundancies as National Trust responds to Covid crisis
The National Trust is proposing £100m of annual savings following the impact of the coronavirus crisis, after warning almost every aspect of its income...
Barnardo’s appeals for more foster carers as numbers of children needing care rises by...
Barnardo’s is urgently calling for more people to consider becoming a foster carer after the numbers of children referred to the charity’s fostering services...