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Should League Tables Be Abolished?

PA | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education

High-quality, practical training for pupils is being hampered by the requirements of school league tables, according to a report. Changes to the wa...

Big Banks Should Be Broken Up, Says Think-Tank

PA | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK Politics

Banks should be broken up to help stimulate competition in the financial sector and cut the costs of services to customers, a think-tank said today. ...

Living Wage Would Pay Workers More And 'Save Treasury £2bn A Year'

PA | Posted 26.02.2013 | UK

The Treasury would save over £2 billion a year if workers were paid the Living Wage because of higher income tax payments and lower spending on benef...

Student Visas Fall By A Fifth.. But Immigration Numbers Stay Static

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK

The number of student visas issued in the last year has fallen by 21%, according to figures released on Thursday morning. The migration figures sho...

What War On Motorists?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.08.2012 | UK

There is no "war on motorists" and the government should press ahead with fuel duty increases and prioritise spending on public transport, a think-tan...

How Should the Government Respond to the GDP Data?

Tony Dolphin | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Politics
Tony Dolphin

The Office for National Statistics reckons that the UK economy shrank by 0.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2012. This is a preliminary estimate that is subject to revision, but if it is right, it suggests the economy has contracted by 0.3 per cent over the last two years since the Coalition came to power.

Flying The Flag: Miliband To Promise New Rules On Migrant Workers

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.06.2012 | UK Politics

Ed Miliband has promised new measures to prevent British people being "locked out" of jobs by foreign workers, including forcing firms to declare if t...

Britain Isn't Working: Report Warns On Hidden Crisis Of Long-Term Unemployment

PA | Posted 20.06.2012 | UK

Long-term unemployment is the "hidden crisis" of the slow economic recovery as the jobless total looks set to peak at 2.75 million, according to a rep...

Jobless Rate To Rise By 100,000 By September

PA | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK

Another 100,000 people will be without a job before the end of the summer and unemployment will not fall for 18 months, a study has shown. An analy...

Northern Railway Funding Far From First Class, Claims Report

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK Politics

George Osborne is being urged to pump money into northern railway lines, as a way of stimulating the economy of the north of England. The think-ta...

'Stunning Betrayal': MoD Accused

PA | Posted 01.02.2012 | UK Politics

The Government was accused today of a "stunning betrayal" of UK manufacturing after moves to buy defence equipment "off the shelf". Defence Equipme...

Give Bet A Tax Break, Urge 'Save The Pub' Campaigners

PA | Posted 24.03.2012 | UK Politics

Pubs which improve community life should be given tax breaks to help them survive, according to a report by a leading think-tank. With 16 pubs curr...

Michael Rundle

Thirsty For A Tax Break: Think Tank Urges Measures To Stop Local Pubs Dying Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.01.2012 | UK

"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn," wrote Samuel Johnson in 1791...

Frank Field And David Davis Team Up

PA | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK Politics

Tenants in housing association properties should be given the right to buy their homes to help end the shortage of social homes, two senior MPs have s...

Unpaid Internships 'On The Rise'

PA | Posted 26.02.2012 | UK Politics

Fresh evidence of the growth in unpaid internships in parts of British industry was revealed today with a new study into agencies in the digital and d...

Will The Number Of Women Unemployed Rise Again?

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 14.12.2011 | UK Politics

Female unemployment is set to rise once again in Wednesday's mornings official figures, according to predictions from the IPPR. The warnings comes ...

Political Reaction To The Jobless Figures

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK Politics

The jobless figures were worse than expected, with 8.3% of the economically active population now out of work. They are, quite simply, the worse unem...

How Many Universities Does it Take to Tell us We're Getting Older?

Julian Dobson | Posted 23.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Julian Dobson

It sounds like a new twist on that joke about how many electricians it takes to change a light bulb. How many universities does it take to tell us we'...

Two Million Jobs 'Must Be Created'

PA | Posted 13.11.2011 | UK Politics

The UK faces a "long and difficult" path back to full employment, with up to two million new jobs needed to be created to return to pre-rece...

Unemployment Is Going To Get Worse, Economists Say

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 17.10.2011 | UK

Unemployment figures will continue to rise after today’s shock increase, experts have told the Huffington Post UK. The figures, released on Wedne...