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New UK aid approach requires caution, Chatham House warns
Cash-on-delivery ‘could hurt UK aid’

By Alex Stevenson The coalition government’s new approach to international aid could undermine its effectiveness, Chatham House has warned. The leading global affairs thinktank has published a report warning against international development secretary Andrew Mitchell’s ‘cash-on-delivery’ approach. The Department for International Development’s (DfID) budget has been ringfenced from impending spending cuts. Mr Mitchell’s cash-on-delivery approach… Read more »

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Call centre jobs may be the first to move overseas
Immigration cap could ‘choke off’ recovery

By politics.co.uk staff The hasty implementation of a cap on immigration could “choke off” Britain’s economic recovery, according to business leaders. A study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found one in ten private sector companies would relocate jobs abroad due to the ban. Call-centre, IT and finance jobs are set to… Read more »