Blow to Labour growth hopes as poll finds demand for staff falling at ‘sharp and accelerated pace’, particularly in permanent rolesThe number of job vacancies in November fell at the fastest rate since the start of...
Read MoreNew figures reveal the public sector paid out at least 60% more to consultancies than it did before the pandemicPrivate consultants were paid a “scandalous” £3.4bn by public bodies last year, new figures...
Read MoreNew figures reveal that public bodies paid out at least 60% more to consultancies in 2023-24 than it did pre-pandemicPrivate consultants were paid a “scandalous” £3.4bn by public bodies last year, new figures...
Read MoreRevealed: Wealthy being pitched offshore products said to shelter fortunes from inheritance tax and capital gains taxThe super-rich are being advised how to use a loophole in pensions investments to shelter their wealth from...
Read MoreLeaked files raise questions over timing of deal as government of Cyprus reveals ‘ongoing’ criminal investigationOne of the world’s biggest accountancy firms helped Russia’s “richest” oligarch...
Read MoreAndrea Jenkyns and Michael Fabricant also among 12 MPs who used parliamentary expenses for help with tax returnsThe shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn were among 12 MPs who used...
Read MoreAccountancy firm warns of stalled economic recovery without EU trade agreementFailure to strike a post-Brexit trade deal would cut the UK’s economic growth rate by more than half next year, delaying a full recovery from...
Read MoreExclusive: Home Office biggest spender as department deals with preparations to leave EUThe scale of the government’s reliance on management consultants has been laid bare as analysis shows that spending with eight top...
Read MoreExclusive: leaked letter from Lord Agnew to senior civil servants demands they rein in spending A £56m bill and rising …Whitehall has been “infantilised” by an “unacceptable” reliance on...
Read MoreGuardian analysis finds many large England-based firms opt to keep staff working at homeA slew of England’s biggest businesses are set to defy the government’s push to get workers back into offices in August, a...
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