Category: Productivity

Creaking public services are costing companies in absent staff, employers tell TUC

Union group urges chancellor to better fund health, social care and childcare to get staff back to work and boost productivityUK businesses are losing staff working time because of waits for healthcare or caring duties due to...

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Workers in UK could get right to request four-day compressed week

Employees could work longer hours over fewer days under government proposals for flexible workingUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesWorkers in the UK could be given the right to request a...

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Tax rises will follow UK election unless fiscal rules are ripped up, says thinktank

Niesr says current limits on government borrowing fail to stimulate growth and hinder net zero ambitionsThe next government will be forced to hit voters with post-election tax rises and delay net zero investment unless it is...

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Labour rules out raising corporation tax above 25% in next parliament

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves tells business summit of measures to boost investment, productivity and certaintyLabour will not raise corporation tax above its current rate of 25% during the next parliament, the party has...

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Let boardrooms look beyond shareholder returns to drive productivity, report urges

Adapting business laws to include benefits other than profit in decision-making could add £149bn to UK economy, says Demos thinktankBritain’s economy could receive a £149bn boost from a change to UK business...

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Hunt urged to invest £30bn a year in infrastructure or risk ‘decade in doldrums’

Thinktank says stronger than expected tax revenues have given chancellor scope for bold package in autumn statement Jeremy Hunt risks condemning Britain to a decade in the doldrums unless he uses this month’s autumn...

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Budget 2023: Hunt overhauls pensions, benefits and childcare in push for growth

Chancellor pledges cash for businesses and parents, and says UK will avoid recession this yearBudget 2023 live: reaction to Jeremy Hunt’s statementBudget 2023: key points at a glanceWhat the budget means for people on a...

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Five charts that will shape Jeremy Hunt’s budget

From cooling inflation to easing staff shortages, we look at the factors behind the chancellor’s spending choicesHunt to announce £4bn boost for childcare in EnglandJeremy Hunt will announce his budget on Wednesday...

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