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Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is delighted to announce Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal as the Association’s new Patron. In response to her acceptance, BASC Council chairman, Eoghan Cameron, said: “We are privileged that The Princess Royal has accepted the invitation to become our new Patron. The news has been warmly welcomed… Read more »
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The government has confirmed that it is looking at a number of ways to reform the welfare system by encouraging long-term unemployed people to find work. But work and pensions secretary John Hutton is adamant that nobody’s benefits will be cut as a result. Tomorrow an influential report from banker David Freud is expected to… Read more »
Tony Blair has admitted for the first time that his decision to announce he would not stand for a fourth election created “uncertainty” for the government. But the prime minister insisted that the situation could have been worse if he had held his cards closer to his chest. Labour has been wracked by infighting between… Read more »

