Archive

Return of the prodigal son

31 October 2008

Interview with comeback cabinet member Lord Mandelson, business and enterprise secretary

Fast money

By Richard Garlick

31 October 2008

Accelerated spending could come at a cost

Apprenticeships 'may foil Neets'

24 October 2008

The Government's planned expansion of apprenticeships and the introduction last month of a new practical qualification for 14- to 19-year-olds will not reduce the number of teenagers who drop out of education, a study has warned.

Greenhouse gas target tightened

24 October 2008

The Government has committed the UK to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by the middle of this century.

BBC plans creative centres across UK

24 October 2008

The BBC plans to develop "creative clusters" around the UK as part of a drive to increase its production of television programmes outside London, it announced last week.

UK narrowing income gap fastest, says OECD

24 October 2008

The income gap between rich and poor has closed at a faster rate in the United Kingdom than in any other developed country between 2000 and 2005, according to a study by an international organisation of industrialised states.

RDAs are cool on winning planning powers

24 October 2008

Proposals to hand planning powers to England's regional development agencies could prove a distraction from efforts to tackle the economic downturn, say the RDAs.

Weathering the storm

24 October 2008

The lowdown on how core cities reliant on financial services are coping with the downturn

From Paris to Swindon

24 October 2008

Interview with Peter James, chief executive, the New Swindon Company

New legislation will promote devolution

24 October 2008

Local government The new Sustainable Communities Act should bring about significant decentralisation, says Nigel Keohane.