Economic news and events

A new body will bring together businesses, training providers and unions with central and local government to oversee the skills needed for the economy.

Under legislation...

The government has pledged to strengthen the UK’s cybersecurity and resilience, as well as take greater advantage of data to boost economic growth, through new...

Legislation to overhaul Britain’s railways and England’s buses was included in the King’s Speech.

bills to bring train operators into public ownership, create new public body...

Labour’s plans to turn the UK into a ‘clean energy superpower’ are set out in the King’s Speech, with bills to fund and support the...

The UK Labour party will ‘take action where the previous Government has failed’ on protections for renters – including ending no-fault evictions.

Its Renters’ Rights bill...

UK ministers will be forced to consult the official watchdog before making major tax and spending changes, in a new bill designed to avoid a...

The UK Labour party has revived plans to phase out smoking and impose restrictions on the sale and marketing of vapes to children.

The move, which...

The UK government is bringing in measures to strengthen regulation of the water industry as it attempts to answer public anger over sewage polluting rivers,...

The new Labour government will press ahead with reforms of company audits and corporate governance with plans for a more powerful watchdog under long-awaited legislation...

The UK government is pledging to create a new partnership between business, unions and workers with wide-ranging changes to employment rights.

An Employment Rights bill will...