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Shareholders warn move could hit dividends and make UK a less attractive place for investment
Britain staves off threat of surging unemployment but some analysts warn against too much optimism
Thousands more to receive grants but chancellor steers clear of long-term tax changes
Sunak will promise to use full ‘fiscal firepower’ at Treasury’s disposal
UK ministers increasingly confident that unemployment catastrophe can be averted
Andrew Bailey says tensions will escalate if banks are forced to cut ties with City
The furlough scheme has helped to limit redundancies during the Covid-19 pandemic
Lawyers say Friday’s victory for drivers in the Supreme Court has far-reaching consequences for UK’s labour market
Furlough and unemployment risk lasting damage to careers and earnings, Resolution Foundation warns
Think-tank report says chancellor needs to be bold to avoid long-term stagnation
Law firms say businesses are considering making jabs a condition of employment
Institute for Fiscal Studies argues economy cannot adjust to new normal till most emergency support is removed
Pandemic ended decade-long expansion of population and worker flows around the world
Chancellor sees active role for the state in future in nurturing innovation
Just 10 out of 297 leaders in top three roles have ethnic minority backgrounds, report says.
Commitment to workers’ rights questioned as ministers decline to retain Matthew Taylor
Three-month rate in November climbs to 5% with much of increase in September and October
Pressure grows on PM from his own party amid doubts over original return date after February half-term
Thousands of applications stuck in pipeline, with only 2,000 young people starting placements to date
The wide range of villains and victims of social conflict are visited through a geographer’s lens
Business says government is ‘tilting at windmills’ by focusing on EU-derived laws rather than tackling homegrown problems
TUC analysis show big disparities in the worst-affected sectors of the UK economy
Other applicants have to rely on statutory sick pay while ordered to stay at home
Post-Brexit shake-up of regulations including 48-hour week likely to spark trade union outrage
In contrast to last spring, employers are now less willing to offer furlough to ease burden of home schooling
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