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Lords begins to check and change the Employment Rights Bill

Draft law on employment rights begins line by line examination. Find out more

20 ways to fix Brexit’s growth hit: BTC report

As President Trump sets out sweeping global tariff barriers and ahead of the May summit between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aimed at resetting UK-EU relations, the BTC is publishing a draft ‘Green Paper’ setting out twenty ways the UK and the EU can reset their relationship for mutual benefit.

Non Domestic Rating Bill returns to the Lords

Members consider further Commons revisions to previous Lords amendments in 'ping pong'. Catch up

Business and Trade Committee’s ‘5 tests’ for a strategy to secure British steel

The Committee has written urgently to Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to set out 5 tests for a strategy to support the UK steel industry ahead of Donald Trump’s self-styled “Liberation Day” potentially imposing widespread tariff barriers to global trade.

Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on barriers to female entrepreneurship

The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from business experts and academics during the first evidence session of its female entrepreneurship inquiry in Parliament on Wednesday, 2 April.

Employment Rights Bill debated by Lords

Pay and working conditions legislation discussed by members. Catch up

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Chair writes to Microsoft about price hikes

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Chair, Chi Onwurah, has written to Microsoft asking for details about price increases for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans, which were raised by 42% and 31% respectively earlier this year.

Non-domestic rating bill concludes report stage in the Lords

Multipliers and Private Schools legislation further examined by members. Catch up

Consumer Energy Minister, Martin Lewis and Ofgem among witnesses for back-billing and home retrofit session

The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee will scrutinise the practice of back-billing by energy companies with Martin Lewis and Ofgem before hearing from the Energy Consumers Minister on this issue and retrofit failures on Wednesday, 19th March.

Lords concludes scrutiny of product regulation bill

Members take chance to 'tidy up' text of draft law at third reading. Catch up

Northumbrian Water, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, Anglian Water and Wessex Water next to be questioned by MPs on their environmental and financial performance

The EFRA Committee holds two evidence sessions next week as part of its ‘reforming the water sector’ inquiry, quizzing the executives of Northumbrian Water and Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water on Tuesday 11 March, and the bosses of Anglian Water and Wessex Water on Wednesday 12 March.

Product regulation bill completes Lords report stage

Members vote on period product safety and alcohol measurements as further scrutiny concludes. Catch up

Close loopholes that let rogue firms undercut the best of Britain’s employers by exploiting workers

In a report today the BTC calls for the Employment Rights Bill, currently heading to report stage in its passage through Parliament, to close once and for all the loopholes that have allowed some companies to exploit work insecurity and undercut Britain’s outstanding employers.

ESNZ Chair Bill Esterson questions to Ofgem on rule-breaking back-billing

An investigation by the BBC’s Moneybox consumer finance programme has uncovered credible evidence of potentially widespread problems with energy back-billing

10 February 2025

Corporate profit shifting discussed in the Lords

Members debate tax implications of companies shifting to low and zero-tax jurisdictions. Catch up

31 January 2025