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Chancellor announces landmark measures in Summer Economic Update 'mini-budget'

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today delivered his Summer Economic Update in parliament, which acts as a mini-budget. This included a sweeping packs of measures to support jobs and growth, including ...

EU continues to clamp down on emissions from shipping

Maritime transport remains the only sector with no specific EU commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The majority of the global shipping industry is not included in the Paris Agreement's ...

UK announces first sanctions on human rights abusers under new Magnitsky-style sanctions

Forty-nine individuals and organisations involved in some of the most notorious human rights violations and abuses in recent years have been designated for sanctions under a powerful new ...

Home Secretary sets out plans to tackle abuse and violence targeting shopworkers

The Home Secretary has today set out plans to crack down on abuse and violence against shopworkers. The steps, which are detailed in the Home Office’s response to a call for evidence on ...

Rush to relax lockdown restrictions puts low-paid workers at risk of COVID-19 infection

As Britain nurses a nationwide hangover following the revelry of the “Super Saturday” weekend, which saw many pub-starved drinkers propping up the bar as early as 6am, the spotlight is, once ...

Chancellor announces landmark measures in Summer Economic Update 'mini-budget'

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today delivered his Summer Economic Update in parliament, which acts as a mini-budget. This included a sweeping packs of measures to support jobs and growth, including ...

EU continues to clamp down on emissions from shipping

UK announces first sanctions on human rights abusers under new Magnitsky-style sanctions

Forty-nine individuals and organisations involved in some of the most notorious human rights violations and abuses in recent years have been designated for sanctions under a powerful new ...

Home Secretary sets out plans to tackle abuse and violence targeting shopworkers

The Home Secretary has today set out plans to crack down on abuse and violence against shopworkers. The steps, which are detailed in the Home Office’s response to a call for evidence on ...

Rush to relax lockdown restrictions puts low-paid workers at risk of COVID-19 infection

As Britain nurses a nationwide hangover following the revelry of the “Super Saturday” weekend, which saw many pub-starved drinkers propping up the bar as early as 6am, the spotlight is, once ...

Government to stop publishing daily figures on people tested for COVID-19

Downing Street today announced that the government is to stop publishing daily updates on the number of people tested for COVID-19. Weekly updates on these figures will continue, and the Department ...

New report by Sajid Javid and Centre for Policy Studies highlights need to focus on jobs and growth, not austerity

Sajid Javid MP, the former Chancellor, has joined forces with the Centre for Policy Studies - the leading centre-right think tank - to set out a series of recommendations to Government on how to ...

New report shows need for new research and innovation to meet net-zero emissions goals

Without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation, countries and companies around the world will be unable to fulfil their pledges to bring their carbon emissions down to net-zero in the coming ...