Controversial mechanism that hit unpaid carers with huge penalties to be scrapped following Guardian investigationThe controversial rule that led to unpaid carers being punished with penalties amounting to thousands of pounds is...
Read MoreAndy Burnham claims revising Brexit would ‘bring people together’. The PM wants to look again at issues such as free movement but rules out joining the euro or Schengen. Would rejoining the EU open old wounds and risk further...
Read MoreExclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understandsBritain’s largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older...
Read MoreChancellor is in favour the North Sea project, but energy secretary has said she is leaning towards rejecting itA cabinet split has emerged over whether to approve drilling at the Rosebank oilfield, with the chancellor, John...
Read MoreBlaming a moribund economy on too many rules is a hackneyed neoliberal trope – UK plc needs smarter regulation, not less regulationBefore becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham pledged to “end 40 years of neoliberalism”. But as...
Read MoreChancellor will build on Burnham’s promise that local leaders in England will no longer have to ‘come cap in hand to Westminster’Andy Burnham has promised that local leaders in England will no longer have to come “cap in hand to...
Read MoreLobby group’s figures, shared with John Healey, are misleading as they do not include major rival Paris, say campaignersA banking lobby group has been accused of cherrypicking data and trying to mislead the British government by...
Read MoreOfficials will call on UK to ‘step up’ financial support at Brussels summit – with post-Brexit issues also on agendaEU leaders will press Andy Burnham at a summit in Brussels to contribute more to Ukraine’s defence effort in...
Read MoreSome 32 government services are offline while work is carried out to address potential cybersecurity issues, a minister has saidThe Office for National Statistics has also published a report on the gender pay gap. It says:The...
Read MoreThe government has given the go-ahead for the Jackdaw gasfield, but that was the easy part. The next big headache is the Rosebank oilfield. The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, has indicated she might reject this licence...
Read MoreOrganisations around the world scrambling to fix a critical security flaw in the programming language PHP used by the majority of websitesThe Office for National Statistics has also published a report on the gender pay gap. It...
Read MoreExclusive: British Chambers of Commerce president tells PM to realign tax system away from favouring internet sellers• How Middleton’s revival could be grist to the mill for Britain’s struggling townsAndy Burnham has been urged...
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