Forum Brief: Pensions green paper
Policy Consultation 23 June 2003
Following the government response to the pensions green paper, the Consumers Association questioned whether the government should have done more to restore and build consumer confidence and trust in the
Forum Brief: Pensions
Policy Consultation 11 June 2003
Solvent firms which close final salary schemes will be forced to compensate workers, the government has announced.
Forum Brief: Euro decision
Policy Consultation 9 June 2003
Following Gordon Brown's announcement earlier this month that Britain is not yet ready to join the euro, John McFall, chairman of the Treasury select committee, has responded to ePolitix.com Forum
Forum Brief: Electricity market
Policy Consultation 9 May 2003
The National Audit Office has published a report on the new electricity trading arrangements in England and Wales.
Forum Brief: Budget - The economy
Policy Consultation 9 April 2003
Gordon Brown has revised his growth forecasts but insisted that Britain is weathering the economic slowdown better than its European counterparts.
Forum Brief: Supermarket code of practice
Policy Consultation 17 March 2003
Friends of the Earth has said that a new code on the relationship between supermarkets and their suppliers, recommended by the Competition Commission, has failed to make any significant difference.
Forum Brief: credit review
Policy Consultation 6 March 2003
Consumer affairs minister Melanie Johnson has set out a new drive to tackle loan sharks. A fast track tribunal system allowing people to challenge unfair credit or loan agreements was
Forum Brief: Healthy eating
Policy Consultation 3 March 2003
The government is to stamp healthy supermarket food, such as fruit and vegetables, with the NHS logo in an effort to persuade consumers to improve their diet.
Forum Brief: CAP reform
Policy Consultation 19 February 2003
The government's agriculture adviser, Sir Don Curry, has warned that attempts to reform the EU's Common Agriculture Policy could hit efforts to increase environmentally-friendly farming.
Forum Brief: Mobile phone call costs
Policy Consultation 22 January 2003
The Competition Commission has ordered the UK's four mobile phone networks to cut the cost of calls by 22.5 per cent.
Campaigners call for action on African poverty
News Article 13 May 2002
Christian Aid week kicked off on Monday with a renewed call for action to tackle poverty and disease in Africa.
