Forum Brief: Mobile phone drivers
Policy Consultation 24 June 2003
From December drivers caught using a mobile phone will face fines ranging from £30 to £1000.
Forum Brief: Endowment Mortgages
Policy Consultation 23 June 2003
Thousands more homebuyers who are relying on endowment policies to repay their mortgages are to be warned by the Financial Services Authority that the policies are unlikely to produce the
Forum Brief: Retail crime
Policy Consultation 18 June 2003
The government has been accused of ignoring the £1.7 billion annual cost of retail crime.
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: Conservative health policy
Policy Consultation 6 June 2003
The Conservatives have set out plans for "patients' passports" in the NHS, as they seek to focus on quality of life issues in the run up to the next general
Forum Brief: Travel insurance
Policy Consultation 6 June 2003
The sale of travel insurance has been granted an exemption from the new regulations for general insurance, which are to be implemented by the Treasury in January.
Forum Brief: 'Fat cat' pay-offs
Policy Consultation 3 June 2003
The trade and Industry secretary has announced plans to curb "fat cat" pay-offs for sacked executives.
Forum Brief: Employers' liability insurance
Policy Consultation 3 June 2003
The employment minister has pledged to help employers deal with the costs of having to take out compulsory liability cover.
Forum Brief: Stakeholder pensions
Policy Consultation 28 May 2003
Stakeholder pensions are failing to encourage people to save for retirement, experts have warned.
Forum Brief: Disability Discrimination Act
Policy Consultation 11 April 2003
Work and pensions minister Maria Eagle has responded to calls for new laws on disability discrimination.
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: Stakeholder Healthcare
Policy Consultation 20 March 2003
A new report published today calls for a stakeholder healthcare system.
Forum Brief: Compensation culture
Policy Consultation 3 March 2003
Britain's compensation culture is placing an increasing burden on businesses, says a new report from the CBI
Forum Brief: Higgs Review
Policy Consultation 20 January 2003
ePolitix.com Forum members respond to the Higgs review proposals to overhaul the code of practice on corporate governance.
Forum Brief: Flooding
Policy Consultation 3 January 2003
The Environment Agency has issued over 250 flood warnings following torrential rain and rising river levels across the country.
