The CIPD warns the Government’s zero-hours contract reforms could backfire, pushing employers towards self-employed contractors and fixed-term deals — and leaving…
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Business rates rethink demanded as 104,000 small firms swept into tax net
The FSB has written to the Treasury urging ministers to lift the small business rates relief threshold to £25,000 after 104,000…
“Rearranging deckchairs on a heavily taxed ship”: business owners round on Labour’s tax-and-spend mindset
UK business owners react with fury to Pat McFadden’s leaked “who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others”…
Seventh carbon budget: Britain bets £105bn Net Zero economy can shield SMEs from the next fossil fuel shock
Britain’s Seventh Carbon Budget sets an 87% emissions cut by 2042, anchoring a £105bn net zero economy that already supports 22,000-plus…
Ministers defend government-backed energy company against forced labor claims
Ministers will “go further” on feared links to slave labor, the government promised Tuesday. …
El Niño to bring more heat and disasters in coming months, UN warns
Climate pattern will “pour fuel on the fire of a warming world,” said Secretary-General António Guterres. …
Ukraine and Moldova on course to start formal EU membership talks in June
Hungarian officials have signaled they intend to drop their opposition to Ukraine’s EU membership bid, diplomats told POLITICO. …
Serbia will not impose visas on Russians, says president
President Aleksandar Vučić says any move to scrap visa-free travel with Russia would be “immediately revoked.” …
Vote count for California governor, L.A. mayor could be painfully slow. Don’t expect ‘instant gratification’
Experts are urging patience as primary tallies begin to roll in Tuesday evening. It’s a very real possibility that close races,…
Chabria: Why a loss for Hilton would be a win for Trump
The California gubernatorial primary might not be decided for days or weeks. President Trump plans to use our primary to further…