Forum Brief: National Insurance increases
Policy Consultation 31 March 2003
Gordon Brown has been warned that his long-planned rise in National Insurance contributions is taking effect at the "worse possible time".
Forum Brief: Anti-Social Behaviour Bill
Policy Consultation 27 March 2003
Home secretary David Blunkett has published the government's Anti-Social Behaviour Bill.
Forum Brief: Equal pay
Policy Consultation 24 March 2003
The Equal Opportunities Commission has published a report concluding that secrecy about pay rates is helping to maintain a huge gap between the salaries of men and women.
Forum Brief: Minimum wage
Policy Consultation 21 March 2003
On Monday Patricia Hewitt announced a 30 pence-an-hour rise in the minimum wage.
Forum Brief: Waste management
Policy Consultation 19 March 2003
Environment minister Michael Meacher sets out the government's position on waste management issues.
Forum Brief: The Budget
Policy Consultation 17 March 2003
Business leaders have urged the chancellor to put business first in next month's Budget.
Forum Brief: Community renewal funds
Policy Consultation 17 March 2003
Projects aimed at regenerating deprived areas are to receive a £400 million cash injection, the government has announced.
Forum Brief: Waste management
Policy Consultation 6 March 2003
Minister for the Environment, Michael Meacher MP, formally invited members of the ePolitix.com Forum to email in their views on waste management.
Forum Brief: Congestion charging
Policy Consultation 20 February 2003
London's new congestion charge succeeded in emptying not only the roads but the shops too, according to business leaders.
Forum Brief: House building
Policy Consultation 19 February 2003
A report by a professor who advises the government has claimed house builders have a "terrifying sway" over ministers.
Forum Brief: Internet use
Policy Consultation 10 February 2003
The growth in internet use has slowed, according to research by Oftel.
Forum Brief: Consumer culture
Policy Consultation 7 February 2003
Environment secretary Margaret Beckett has criticised the "old pattern" of "produce, use, discard" in Britain's consumer culture.
Forum Brief: Interest rates
Policy Consultation 6 February 2003
The Bank of England has announced a quarter point cut in interest rates.
Forum Brief: Housing plan
Policy Consultation 5 February 2003
A massive house-building programme has been unveiled by the government.
Forum Brief: Budget plans
Policy Consultation 30 January 2003
Gordon Brown may have to cut spending, raise taxes or ditch his hard-earned reputation for prudence, an influential think tank has predicted.
