From UK POLITICS & POLICY 9:57am

Hunt to warn NHS against complacency

Health secretary says ‘coasting can kill’ as he calls for higher standards

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 12:01am

Hiring drops amid uncertainty

Starting salaries rise to 17-month high, survey shows

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:59pm

Women’s labour market progress stalls

UK lags behind global rivals in narrowing workplace inequality

From UK POLITICS & POLICY 10:18pm

Ex-SFO director criticised at hearing

Parliamentary committee hears testimony of Richard Alderman

5:41pm

Pace of social change slows

Less change seen over the past decade than in any previous period

From COMPANIES Mar 7, 2013

UK’s largest coal mine shut down

Closure of Daw Mill likely to mean 650 job losses

FT FEATURES : BUSINESS LIFE (WORKING LIVES). MILES IRVING, THE FORAGER PHOTOGRAPHED IN & AROUND HIS FARM IN CHARTHAM, KENT. ©Daniel Lynch Emma Jacobs from MANAGEMENT Mar 7, 2013

A hunter-gatherer’s wild career

Miles Irving turned a childhood fascination with plants into a food foraging business

Mar 7, 2013

MPs lambast ex-head of SFO over staff payments

Public Accounts Committee attacks ‘outrageous’ actions by fraud-busting agency

From COMPANIES Mar 6, 2013

Bankers dodge tomato throwers’ projectiles

Man in charge of the public pillorying of Britain’s bankers will retire to consider the next move

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Mar 6, 2013

Osborne to hand Carney more powers

Forthcoming Budget to usher in looser monetary policy

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Mar 6, 2013

Brazil visa crackdown plan fuels trade fears

Mismatch between clampdown on immigration and call to compete in the ‘global race’

Mar 6, 2013

Libor scandal led to creation of banking panel

Commission set up to focus on ethics and accountability in sector

Mar 6, 2013

Couple fail to overturn bankruptcy ruling

Court had said O’Donnells could not prove UK ‘main centre of interest’

From COMPANIES Mar 6, 2013

Google tip-off leads to Microsoft EU penalty

Maker of Windows software is fined €561m

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Mar 6, 2013

National Trust warns on planning reform war

Councils failing to meet deadline on development plans

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Mar 6, 2013

Civil servants plan strike for Budget day

Plan for three months of action over pay, pensions and working conditions

Mar 6, 2013

Payday lenders given 12 weeks to shape up

OFT says loan providers risk losing credit licences

Mar 6, 2013

Wheatley pledges payday lender crackdown

FCA chief says interest rate cap will be considered

From UK POLITICS & POLICY Mar 5, 2013

Payday lenders fear damning report

Pressure grows for tougher regulation of sector

Mar 5, 2013

FSA says it was slow on Libor scandal

Internal review finds watchdog was too focused on financial crisis

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