SMEs are crucial to the UK’s economic well-being.
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SMEs make up 99.9% of all businesses in the UK – boosting their productivity could add billions to the post-Brexit economy.
Just gigging?
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An independent review of modern working practices looks destined to change very little for people stuck working in the gig economy.
All public sector workers have a 1% pay rise cap.
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A deep dive into public sector earnings data since 2005 and how it compares to private sector pay.
What’s happened a year on?
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It was going pretty well until 2017 began.
Brexit means Brexit.
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With the UK government in disarray, the type of Brexit that Britain faces is again open to question.
Markets like to know who’s coming and going.
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Markets hate uncertainty and the economic data reflects the turbulent nature of British politics.
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It was Winston Churchill who led the charge for the UK’s first living wage. But you’d never have guessed the Conservative Party would adopt the policy with such gusto in the 21st century.
Border control is a big election issue.
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Migration from Eastern Europe spurred support for Brexit. But now migration is falling and the economy will suffer.
Social care needs taking care of.
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Theresa May’s U-turn on social care funding shows how hard it is to fix. But there is a logical solution.
The UK has had a chronic lack of investment.
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Dealing with the UK’s chronic lack of investment is as important as getting the Brexit negotiations right – and much more important than balancing the books.
The UK’s future trade deals will be subject to EU member state approval.
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It’s likely that a future UK-EU trade deal will be subject to approval by all EU member states and their sub-national parliaments.
One’s based on average earnings growth, the other on living standards.
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Crucially, they differ in how they are calculated and the ages of workers that they apply to.
A closer look insider.
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What the Labour Party manifesto says about tax and spending – and whether or not it is viable.
Getting down to business.
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If the UK fails to maintain its global outlook, it could lose business to a globalist France.
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The high cost of imports and borrowing, as well as market volatility mean manufacturers aren’t in for an easy ride.
Hands off my pension.
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The pensions ‘triple lock’ explained.
May does not need an election to deliver Brexit.
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Theresa May has read the economic runes – and called an election while she still confidently can.
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The cultivation of language experts in post-Brexit Britain is essential if it wants to connect with fresh markets overseas.
Headed in different directions.
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Next the negotiations begin, and Britain has two years to negotiate a trade deal with the EU if it wants to avoid the WTO cliff edge.
Can consumers keep driving the recovery?
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The UK inflation rate has leapt to 2.3% – here’s why the government is secretly happy about it.