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The cost of a degree at a British university will soar under controversial new proposals from Business Secretary Vince Cable to tax university graduates, according to figures released by the University and College Union. The findings make embarrassing reading for Mr Cable after he said that teachers and social workers would benefit under his plans. [...]

Momentum is growing for the trade union movement to take its anti-public sector cuts message to this year’s Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. Unite, Britain’s biggest union, is preparing to send a delegation to protest outside the conference building as proceedings open on October 3, while other unions are also planning delegations through their national [...]

It’s a ‘choppy’ recovery, says Bank of England’s King