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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs
  • Biggest overhaul of consumer rights in a generation

    Consumers will have enhanced, easy to understand rights following Royal Assent for the Consumer Rights Act being given today (26 March 2015).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government cash boost for software developers

    The government has invested nearly £500,000 to support small software developers to produce new and innovative ways to use data.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More restaurant bosses banned over immigration offences

    Seven more restaurant bosses and a supermarket owner in North Yorkshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire, Norfolk and London have been disqualified as directors for employing illegal workers as waiters, cooks and butchers in breac…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Womenomics could unlock huge potential for Scottish growth

    Review considers how to unlock the full potential of women to Scotland's economy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government announces new commissioners to the independent Low Pay Commission

    Two new commissioners have been appointed to the Low Pay Commission, Business Minister Jo Swinson announced today (25 March 2015).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New National Minimum Wage offenders named and shamed

    Business Minister Jo Swinson has named 48 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consumer champion Lynn Faulds Wood to lead product safety review

    Leading consumer campaigner Lynn Faulds Wood will lead a review of the UK’s system for the recall of unsafe products.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK expertise can drive climate change action

    The UK is to use its world-leading climate and adaptation expertise to help countries successfully tackle climate change.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate carries out targeted inspections in Sheffield

    Inspectors from the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate led a number of successful visits to businesses in the Sheffield area.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More transparency for fees charged in insolvency

    Insolvency practitioners will be required to provide upfront estimates of the cost of working on insolvency cases, ending the uncertainty of unlimited hourly charges, Business Minister Jo Swinson announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Parents-to-be begin the countdown to Shared Parental Leave

    Eight weeks to go until mums and dads with babies due on or after 5 April 2015 can start sharing up to 50 weeks of parental leave.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Extra money to keep dangerous goods off Britain’s streets

    The government has pledged an extra £400,000 to help trading standards officers prevent dangerous goods being sold in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Essential supplies to be guaranteed during business rescue

    Business Minister Jo Swinson has announced that the Government is proceeding with plans to secure continuation of essential IT and utility supplies to failing but viable businesses while they are being rescued, following con…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Successful prosecution of recruitment firm boss who failed to pay worker

    Former director of employment business WHG Offshore LTD pleads guilty of failure to pay a work-seeker after the firm went into administration.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government names and shames 37 National Minimum Wage offenders

    HMRC’s enforcement budget to be increased by £3 million.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Majority of UK believe childcare should be shared equally between couples

    Survey finds that more than half of the UK believes that childcare should be shared equally between parents.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Millions wasted as people don’t spend gift vouchers

    £300 million worth of gift vouchers bought this year could go unspent according to research by the UK Gift Card and Voucher Association.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jo Swinson pledges support for a new ranking of companies’ human rights performance

    Government pledges support for a new human rights benchmark that will rank the corporate human rights performance of international companies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Post Office service for pensioners and benefit claimants to be safeguarded with new government contract

    A new £250 million contract, to protect vulnerable pensioners, benefit claimants and help safeguard the future of the Post Office, agreed by the government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Parents can now apply for Shared Parental Leave

    Parents are now able to apply for Shared Parental Leave after new regulations came into force on Monday 1 December.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government