Politics

Europe
1. CAP reform: how will it affect you?
  A consultation is launching today on how the Common Agricultural Policy should shape the future of farming and the...
2. Minister for Europe welcomes EU enlargement package
  Mr Lidington says enlargement is an EU success story. A credible conditions-based approach ensures...
3. Multi-million beef and lamb trade deal opened with Russia
  A £100 million deal has been struck between the UK and Russia for the trade of beef and...
4. Owen Paterson heads to Russia to help boost British exports
  Owen Paterson is leading a UK delegation of food and drink companies to Russia to fly the...
Devolved
1. Can an ageing Scotland afford independence?
  Population ageing over the next 50 years will be a significant challenge for Scotland and the rest of the...
2. Scottish government publishes independence 'mission statement'
  The Scottish government has launched a 670-page blueprint outlining its vision for...
3. Scotland awaits detailed independence blueprint
  Scotland will become an independent country on Thursday 24th March 2016 in the event of a vote for...
4. £4.1bn funding disparity across devolved nations
  English communities are being short-changed by as much as £4.1 billion a year because of an...
Growth & Reform
1. Pay rise for MPs confirmed by IPSA
  The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority today published its decisions on reforming MPs' pay and...
2. Pickles champions new wave of town hall transparency
  As part of the drive to help cut council waste and increase local accountability, new provisions...
3. Universal Credit 'lies in tatters', claims Labour
  Figures from the small print of OBR Autumn Statement show the government's flagship benefit reform,...
4. Government must 'refocus efforts to reduce deficit'
  Commenting on Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement, Mark Littlewood, Director General at...
Unions
1. Fight for future of UK shipbuilding
  Unite, the country's largest union, will fight to retain as many of the 1,775 jobs under threat, following today's...
2. Push for greater town hall transparency on trade union interests
  New guidance published requiring councillors to register trade union...
3. Cleaners step up fight for living wage with strike on East Coast
  Cleaners working for cheapskate contractors ISS on the prestige East Coast Mainline...
4. NASUWT comments on CBI report
  Commenting on the publication of the Tomorrow's Growth report by the CBI, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT,...
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