Forum Brief: Retail crime funds
Policy Consultation 6 August 2002
The government has today unveiled a £6 million plan to help local shopkeepers tackle crime and vandalism.
Forum Brief: Interest rates
Policy Consultation 1 August 2002
Interest rates are have today been left unchanged at four per cent.
Forum Brief: Small businesses
Policy Consultation 1 August 2002
New government figures show there was a net increase of more than 20,000 in the number of small companies operating in the UK last year.
Forum Brief: Congestion charging
Policy Consultation 31 July 2002
The courts have given the green light to contested congestion charges.
Forum Brief: Organic farming
Policy Consultation 29 July 2002
New research has indicated that British organic farming and the viability of the government's strategy on green agriculture is at risk.
Forum Brief: Planning and housing
Policy Consultation 19 July 2002
The deputy prime minister has abandoned plans to allow parliament to approve major infrastructure projects, such as new motorways or airport runways.
Forum Brief: E-democracy proposals
Policy Consultation 19 July 2002
The government has this week launched a consultation on proposals which could lead to the traditional ballot box being scrapped in elections.
Forum Brief: SR2002 - Education sector response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
Education's annual budget has been increased by an average six per cent between 2002 and 2006, boosting spending by £12 billion to £57.8 billion.
Forum Brief: CSR - Corporate response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
Gordon Brown has unveiled plans which will see the public sector spending more than the value of entire economy of the continent of Africa over the next three years.
Forum Brief: Fridge mountain
Policy Consultation 20 June 2002
Environment minister Michael Meacher has blamed the European Commission for Britain's fridge mountain after the government itself came under fire from a committee of MPs.
Forum Brief: FMD culling policy
Policy Consultation 19 June 2002
The government's cull policy used to combat last year's foot and mouth outbreak was "barbaric conduct" and "a disgrace" to humanity, an EU inquiry heard yesterday.
Forum Brief: Retail crime
Policy Consultation 19 June 2002
British retailers appealed for government help yesterday after losses from shop crime leapt by £100 million a year to £1.8 billion.
Shop crime increases
Press Review 19 June 2002
Forum Brief: Productivity
Policy Consultation 11 June 2002
The chancellor has declared a "war" to drive up economic productivity with particular focus on the manufacturing sector.
Forum Brief: Interest rates
Policy Consultation 6 June 2002
The Bank of England has voted to leave interest rates unchanged at four per cent.
