In his press club speech on 31 August 2023, just days before the public release of the Closing Loopholes Bill, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations the Hon Tony Burke MP described the ...

Managers at this long-troubled employer have notorious problems staying financially solvent. Fancy consultants claim to have the answers, yet their advice hasn’t paid off. And a rift between the ...

Labour is facing allegations of cronyism after appointing several of its backers to prominent civil service roles. Ian Corfield, a former banker who has donated over £20,000 to Labour politicians, ...

Earlier, we had discussed the latest NFIB survey of small businesses. While optimism was weak, a particular area of concern was employment. Of all problems highlighted, labor took a backseat in ...

Keir Starmer never had the warm and enthusiastic support of his own MPs. Their ingratitude to the leader who won them their seats has been a feature of this government from the start. But now ...

(The Center Square) – Despite the ongoing challenges of finding employees, small businesses are a little more optimistic. The National Federation of Small Business’ Optimism Index showed a rise of 1.2 ...

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