UK ministers are considering dropping some planned steel tariffs after manufacturers warned of significantly increased costs. The government aims to balance protecting domestic producers with ensuring secure supply, while also addressing similar EU measures.
The group’s latest triumph won over the Department for Business and Trade, now it is eyeing private care providers and supermarketsA paragon of the kind of people-powered progress that feels all the more necessary in divisive times, the Living Wage campaign, is celebrating its25th anniversary this year.Born out of Telco (The East London Citizens’ Organisation), which ultimately became the nationwide group Citizens UK, the campaign has always involved communities working together, to press for social and economic change. Continue reading...
Government officials said in December that Britain’s largest automotive employer could lead exodus from UKJaguar Land Rover would have considered moving car production out of the UK and slashing jobs if not for a £380m subsidy for its sister battery company, government officials claimed privately.Officials at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) warned in December that Britain’s largest automotive employer may have triggered an exodus from the UK car industry, according to state aid documents prepared by the competition regulator. Continue reading...
