Forum Brief: Gridlock
Policy Consultation 13 December 2002
Gridlock on Britain's roads is set to get worse, the transport secretary has admitted.
Forum Brief: Farming strategy
Policy Consultation 12 December 2002
Ministers have unveiled their strategy to revitalise the hard-pressed farming sector.
Forum Brief: EU red tape
Policy Consultation 9 December 2002
Business chiefs have warned that company leaders are becoming frustrated with increasing amounts of pan-European social legislation.
Forum Brief: Business crime
Policy Consultation 5 December 2002
The Home Office has launched a consultation on business crime.
Forum Brief: Planning Bill
Policy Consultation 5 December 2002
Lord Rooker has unveiled a new planning bill designed to speed up approval for new business developments.
Forum Brief: University funding
Policy Consultation 2 December 2002
The government should not end elitism but widen access to the best services, the education secretary has insisted.
Forum Brief: Airport consultations
Policy Consultation 29 November 2002
Plans for Britain's airport expansion will now be delayed until next autumn following the High Court's ruling that Gatwick had to be included, the transport secretary has told MPs.
Forum Brief: Pre-Budget Report - Economy
Policy Consultation 28 November 2002
The chancellor is to increase government borrowing to plug the gap caused by a faltering world economy.
Forum Brief: Economic outlook
Policy Consultation 21 November 2002
In an interview with the FT ahead of the pre-budget report, the chancellor has warned that global economic instability is leading to turbulence at home.
Forum Brief: Broadband
Policy Consultation 19 November 2002
Schools and doctors' surgeries across the UK are to get broadband internet access, Tony Blair has announced.
Forum Brief: Charitable donations
Policy Consultation 12 November 2002
A government plan to persuade companies to give to charity has backfired, according to new research by the Charities Aid Foundation.
Forum Brief: Taxation
Policy Consultation 11 November 2002
The government is facing calls from the CBI to end the "relentless and damaging" rise in taxation and regulation which it says costs companies £15 billion a year.
Forum Brief: Interest rates
Policy Consultation 7 November 2002
The Bank of England's monetary policy committee has announced that interest rates are to be held at four per cent.
Forum Brief: Minimum wage
Policy Consultation 21 October 2002
A big hike in the national minimum wage will hit "vulnerable" companies, the CBI has warned.
Forum Brief: Pensions contributions
Policy Consultation 21 October 2002
The Treasury has dismissed suggestions that it is planning to remove higher rate tax relief on occupational pensions contributions.
