Business Secretary Vince Cable has today welcomed the appointment by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Norman Lamb as Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs

Commenting on the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) analysis of the impact of changes to public sector pensions and pay published today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said

The world faces the “urgent challenge” of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has today urged separating couples to consider mediation when they separate or divorce, instead of turning to the courts

Ahead of the launch of the UK Government’s West Lothian Question Commission this week, new polling from the think tank IPPR and Cardiff and Edinburgh Universities, shows overwhelming public support within England for addressing this constitutional anomaly

On 1 January 2012 the total number of monetary financial institutions (MFIs) [1] in the euro area stood at 7,533. This is a net decrease of 332 units (4%) in comparison with the situation a year ago

While stress and workloads are increasing in the office, new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has found employees spend less time at work than the previous generation

The pension reforms just negotiated will make little or no difference to the long-term costs of public service pensions. The savings from higher pension ages are, on average, offset by other elements of the pensions becoming more generous. The current pay freeze and additional two years of one per cent increases will leave public pay at roughly the same level relative to private pay as it was in 2008

The Department for Work and Pensions has introduced the Work Programme quickly, in just over a year, and this has had benefits, but the speed with which it was launched has also increased risks, according to the National Audit Office

New research released today, on the most miserable day of the year, shows the government’s strategy of measuring and explicitly promoting happiness over other objectives is counter-productive and a waste of money