The Government has launched its National Infrastructure Plan to boost growth by upgrading transport links – to help business and create jobs.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has urged the Government to give millions of workers a tax cut of £140 a year by cutting one of its "pet projects", the controversial Shares for Rights scheme.

Conservative cabinet office minister Francis Maude has outlined plans to tighten rules around public sector strike ballots.

The Engineering Employers' Federation has forecast that manufacturing in the UK will outperform other sectors and help fuel "better-balanced" economic growth.

At least 12,000 temporary jobs have been cut in the past three months ahead of the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review on Wednesday.

Over half (51%) of SMEs don’t have a process for setting diversity hiring goals, according to a new report.