Unite the Union
Leaving the EU would put thousands of manufacturing jobs at risk
Stoking up anti-EU sentiment may be popular with the right-wing press, but it creates uncertainty around jobs and investment.
Shares for rights scheme ‘a big flop’
Osborne has found it difficult to get employers' organisations to back the scheme.
Skilled jobs will not come through quick fix initiatives such as Enterprise Zones
The resurrection of 1980s style Enterprise Zones is proving to be a new embarrassment for the government.
Growth is being driven by consumer credit and household debt, despite the need for exports and manufacturing
The Tories have clearly not learned the lesson of the last two decades.
It’s telling that the chancellor failed to mention ‘manufacturing’ once in his Autumn Statement
The re-balancing of the economy which Osborne promised has been all but abandoned.
EU should intervene directly to revive manufacturing, say socialist MEPs
Socialist MEPs argue that the EU should intervene directly to revive manufacturing across Europe.