Today it has emerged nine ministers have written to the prime minister urging him to rethink his controversial plans to scrap tax-exemptions for childcare vouchers.

Remuneration committees of FTSE100 companies are starting to show restraint when setting their executive packages this year, with widespread salary freezes and lower bonus payouts.

The job market will be characterised by higher wages and increased movement in the future, Reed group managing director Tom Lovell has suggested.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the three-point Plan for Jobs, increased minimum wage and introduced new schemes to help businesses recover after coronavirus, yet measures to plug skills gaps in...