Ministers declare war on degrees without prospects as university fees are set to hit £9,000 a year.
Universities Minister David Willetts has vowed to weed out poor quality courses which do little or nothing to improve students’ job prospects.
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Red tape could be reined in and taxes cut for small firms in major business shake-up
Monday, November 1st, 2010Employment tribunal claims could be reduced and taxes slashed for small businesses in a major pro-enterprise shake-up.
Families facing fines in child benefit crackdown: Cuts will mean couples have to tick ‘honesty box’ for the Taxman
Friday, October 29th, 2010Couples with one higher-rate taxpayer will be required to inform the taxman whether or not the mother is claiming child benefit. And fathers will be liable for financial penalties if their partners have quietly kept on taking the allowance without telling them.
£140 pension for all: Huge boost for stay-at-home mums & married couples in historic shake-up
Monday, October 25th, 2010Ministers are planning a simplified payment which would see everyone receive the same amount. The proposal would benefit women and married couples and would end the indignity of means testing.
Pension age ‘to rise in just six years’
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Millions of workers will have to wait until they are 68 to claim their state pension as the timetable for increasing the pension age is dramatically accelerated.
Cash scheme to keep teenagers in school face the axe after scheme ‘fails to cut drop-out rates’
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010A scheme to pay students to remain in education beyond the age of 16 is facing drastic cuts in tomorrow’s public spending bloodbath.
Osborne to scrap child benefit from age 16
Monday, October 18th, 2010George Osborne will axe child benefit for over-16s, leaving two million families worse off, coalition sources say.
‘We’re at risk of financial collapse’: Ken Clarke’s warning for Western economies
Friday, October 15th, 2010The West is in ‘grave danger of financial collapse’, Kenneth Clarke warned last night.
