The Government will keep to its plan of reducing the pensions tax relief for high earners.

The Government is to extend the jobs guarantee for young jobseekers by one year, until 2012.

More than a third (39%) of HR professionals see their roles as strategic in fostering innovation but only 12% receive high investment in innovation from their organisation.

The Government has announced the creation of up to 24 technical colleges in manufacturing heartlands, in a bid to train up students between the ages of 11 and 19 in vocational skills.

The Government is to invest in the skills of young people and offer more support for people over 50 to find work.