As the chancellor prepared to give his much anticipated Pre-Budget Report this afternoon, the CIPD has called on him to keep the rate of VAT at 15% until April 2010 and extend the Job Guarantee for...

For a wide range of occupations alternative vocational routes are both possible and less costly, says the CIPD

Business secretary Vince Cable (pictured) has pledged to curb executive pay, give power to shareholders to block “excessive” pay packages and make firms justify high pay packages on company reports.

Proposals for mothers and fathers to share maternity leave and paternity leave over the space of a year have been put on hold by the Government due to the current economic difficulties.

Unite has called on the Labour party to put education, training and skills at the heart of its strategy for securing the recovery.