Ministers blasted for lack of green jobs strategy
09 Aug 2021 Economy
Ministers blasted for lack of green jobs strategy
Statistics show UK is in danger of “missing the boat” on renewables opportunities, says professionals’ union Prospect
Cost of tackling coronavirus pandemic jumps to £192bn as UK heads for worst economic crash in 300 years
14 Jul 2020 Economy
Cost of tackling coronavirus pandemic jumps to £192bn as UK heads for worst economic crash in 300 years
Economic output may not recover from the Covid-19 pandemic until 2025, according to forecast
Sunak overrides HMRC perm sec's value-for-money concerns over jobs bonus and meal discount schemes
10 Jul 2020 Economy
Sunak overrides HMRC perm sec's value-for-money concerns over jobs bonus and meal discount schemes
Chancellor says there are “compelling” reasons to press ahead with post-furlough and Eat Out to Help Out schemes
At a glance: All the measures announced in Rishi Sunak's Summer Statement
09 Jul 2020 Economy
At a glance: All the measures announced in Rishi Sunak's Summer Statement
On Wednesday the chancellor delivered a summer economic update in the Commons focusing on measures to boost the economy after the coronavirus crisis. Here's what was announced
Rishi Sunak promises ‘eco-friendly economic recovery’ with £3bn injection for green jobs
07 Jul 2020 Economy
Rishi Sunak promises ‘eco-friendly economic recovery’ with £3bn injection for green jobs
Environmental groups say plans fall short of what was needed to create jobs in response to the coronavirus outbreak and tackle the climate crisis.
Boris Johnson says extending coronavirus furlough would leave people in ‘suspended animation’
03 Jul 2020 Economy
Boris Johnson says extending coronavirus furlough would leave people in ‘suspended animation’
Comments come amid calls for scheme to be extended, including to reflect local lockdowns
PM unveils infrastructure spending and planning reforms to ‘build, build, build’ out of Covid-19 crisis
30 Jun 2020 Economy
PM unveils infrastructure spending and planning reforms to ‘build, build, build’ out of Covid-19 crisis
"Times demand” interventionist policies to aid UK's economic recovery, Boris Johnson says
Case study: How academic ‘policy entrepreneurs’ can help the civil service
19 Jun 2020 Economy
Case study: How academic ‘policy entrepreneurs’ can help the civil service

From the impact of Covid-19 to dealing with the impact of climate change, government has never faced greater policy challenges. But, as recent work on developing policy strategies for carbon capture and storage shows, civil servants can get help from academics to find the right solutions. Professor Karen Turner, the director from the Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Strathclyde, explains

More than 600,000 workers have lost jobs amid coronavirus lockdown, new figures suggest
16 Jun 2020 Economy
More than 600,000 workers have lost jobs amid coronavirus lockdown, new figures suggest

Experimental ONS and HMRC data reveals indicative employment impact of Covid-19
PAC chair 'dumbstruck' as perm secs admit lack of economic planning for a pandemic
16 Jun 2020 Economy
PAC chair 'dumbstruck' as perm secs admit lack of economic planning for a pandemic

Economic support packages designed "as we have gone along", Sir Tom Scholar tells MPs
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold talks in bid to break Brexit deadlock
15 Jun 2020 Economy
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold talks in bid to break Brexit deadlock

The PM will be joined on the call by Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove and UK’s chief negotiator David Frost.
Britain suffers record 20% hit to GDP as coronavirus economic crisis takes hold
12 Jun 2020 Economy
Britain suffers record 20% hit to GDP as coronavirus economic crisis takes hold

Figures reveal the largest monthly fall since records began in 1997