HSBC passes a landmark climate change policy

HSBC passes a landmark climate change policy after facing years of criticism for its financing of coal power By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 28 May 2021 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 28 May 2021 HSBC has passed a landmark climate change policy after facing years of criticism for its financing of … Read more

School day should be extended, says landmark race report

School day should be extended starting in disadvantaged areas to help pupils catch up on lost learning and take part in more physical and cultural activities, says landmark race report Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities recommended extending school day It said longer school day should be phased in, starting in disadvantaged areas Extra time … Read more

Landmark report urges UK to ‘look beyond race’ amid row

At a glance: What does the landmark review recommend? Social media: Firms ‘far too often’ fail to take ‘decisive action’ to tackle racist content. Failure to act should lead to ‘substantial penalties’ and ‘public naming and shaming’. Body cameras: There should be a ‘strong presumption’ that all police body-worn video cameras will be switched on … Read more

Britain’s race revolution: Landmark report says UK is ‘a model to the world’ on diversity

Britain is a model to the world of a successful multi-ethnic society, a major review concluded last night. It found no evidence the UK is institutionally racist – in a rejection of the common view among activists. The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, set up by Boris Johnson in the wake of the Black … Read more

Tory MPs demand law change to protect workers after landmark Uber case

Tory MPs demand law change to protect workers from ‘ruthless’ firms after Uber drivers won landmark case Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers must be treated as workers by company Landmark judgement means they should get minimum wage and paid holidays  Tories MPs pushing ministers for legislation to prevent ‘abuses’ against workers by ‘ruthless firms’  By William Cole … Read more

Single mother, 49, wins landmark Universal Credit court case

Nichola Salvato, 49, brought a legal challenge against the ‘proof of payment’ policy of only reimbursing the money to parents once it has been spent A single mother who found herself £2,000 in debt trying to pay for childcare has won a landmark Universal Credit court case to get the costs paid upfront.  Nichola Salvato, 49, … Read more

Bailiffs will be able to enter homes to seize goods via ZOOM after landmark High Court ruling

Bailiffs will be allowed to enter debtors’ homes through Zoom in a landmark ruling sparked by the pandemic. The High Court approved debt collection agencies seizing a person’s goods virtually rather than physically. The judgment will benefit collectors who will be at a reduced risk of catching Covid and debtors who can keep their assets … Read more

Woke folk, beware! Freedom of speech includes the right to offend, say judges in landmark ruling 

Woke folk, beware! Freedom of speech includes the right to offend, say judges in landmark ruling Two judges have ruled that free speech encompasses offensive language  Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby presiding over case in Court of Appeal Ruling came in successful appeal decided last week in favour of Kate Scottow She had … Read more

Landmark business interruption insurance case reaches Supreme Court

We are all clinging on for dear life, say small firms as landmark business interruption insurance case reaches Supreme Court By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 16 November 2020 Desperate business owners accused insurers of leaving them ‘clinging on for dear life’ last night … Read more