Exclusive: Reindustrialisation Research Group to meet with Cabinet Office to discuss worries over PM’s long-term strategyLabour MPs have sounded the alarm over Andy Burnham’s 10-year plan for government, raising concerns that it...
Read MoreExclusive: Plan to allow students from bloc pay same fees as Britons contingent on entry to industrial programme, officials sayMinisters are prepared to spend as much as £450m a year to give students from the EU discounted...
Read MorePremium paid over French counterparts has risen to almost £30 a megawatt hour, analysis by lobby group findsBritish steelmakers have been pushed further behind European rivals on electricity costs after the US-Israeli war on...
Read MoreChancellor tells Labour conference it’s ‘not progressive’ to fail to balance books amid rising welfare bill as borrowing costs climb to record highBusiness live – latest updatesPrice of diesel on UK forecourts reaches all-time...
Read More‘If you’re not in the internal market, you don’t get the same protection,’ says French minister of policy designed to curb Chinese competitionFrance is leading a push to exclude the UK from the EU’s “Made in Europe” policy that...
Read MoreWes Streeting says he leads a ‘ministry for growth’ as Labour seeks to show more defence spending will create UK jobsDefence contractors have promised to create 40,000 apprenticeships, work experience placements and jobs for...
Read MoreFirm, once part of Sanjeev Gupta’s empire, fell into administration last year but has failed to find buyerBusiness news – live updatesOne of Britain’s steelworks is to come into public ownership after the government said it...
Read MorePrime minister vows to ‘reindustrialise Britain’ through new partnership with business The prime minister is to host business leaders, entrepreneurs and local mayors at Downing Street on Monday to pitch his government as a...
Read MoreKremlin threatens British targets inside and outside Ukraine and says UK and France bear ‘direct responsibility’ for Ukrainian strikes on Russia Speaking on the media round this morning, the work and pensions secretary, Pat...
Read MoreWork and pensions secretary says jobs guarantee scheme is restoring confidence as ONS reports that number of young people not in work or training has fallen below a millionHello, and welcome to our UK politics blog. It’s all...
Read MoreIndustry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be easedCarmakers are delaying final decisions to invest in UK factories until electric car sales rules are relaxed, according...
Read MoreCollieries turned into retail parks, manufacturing in the doldrums. The problem is vast, but at least the PM-in-waiting sees it: and in that there is hopeIn the autumn of 2005, Tony Blair gave one of his most unhinged and...
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