Food delivery giant Deliveroo has announced a £16million ‘thank you’ fund for drivers but union bosses have slammed the move as a ‘PR stunt’. The company says the fund will launch when it offers its £5billion stock market flotation in London in the coming months. But unions have slammed the fund as a ‘PR stunt’ … Read more
Ambitious women and younger staff suffer from working at home, business leaders warn Paul Scully, Minister for London, warned of ‘wfh’ damage to younger staff Mr Scully said Government wants to ‘build on flexible working’ and learn lessons Alison Rose, chief executive of NatWest, warned of ‘regressive’ effect on women By Anna Mikhailova For The … Read more
The Government has been warned that NHS staff will quit over the 1 per cent pay rise which union bosses have said will ‘horrify’ the public. Unions and Labour said evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body from the Health Department was a ‘callous and an enormous slap in the face’ for workers and warned … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s ‘super deduction’ could let Amazon wipe out its bill: Online giant’s corporation tax could be cut to zero, campaigners warn The online retail giant’s British sales soared 51 per cent to £19.4billion last year Its warehousing arm paid £6.3mil in tax in 2019 despite raking in £3bn in sales But campaign groups say … Read more
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions still need to decrease tenfold to avoid a climate emergency, scientists warn, despite a global fall in 2020 due to Covid-19. An international team of experts has performed a ‘global stocktake’ of humanity’s progress towards the Paris Agreement – which aims to keep the global average temperature rise to well below … Read more
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions still need to decrease tenfold to avoid a climate emergency, scientists warn, despite a global fall in 2020 due to Covid-19. An international team of experts has performed a ‘global stocktake’ of humanity’s progress towards the Paris Agreement – which aims to keep the global average temperature rise to well below … Read more
Council bosses warn underage shoppers in face masks are fooling staff into selling them booze, cigarettes and fireworks Council bosses used teenage volunteers to see which shops sell to children Six out of 11 shops failed to ask customers to remove masks if age was in doubt The number caught selling alcohol increased significantly this … Read more
NHS still has ‘insufficient’ intensive care beds, bosses warn as they demand review of capacity after Covid crisis ‘strongly confirmed’ hospitals don’t have enough space NHS Providers CEO Chris Hopson said it wasn’t safe to suddenly increase beds There must be systematic improvement to set hospitals up with bigger capacity UK ranks ‘towards the bottom … Read more
Gavin Williamson’s plan to leave grading to teachers is ‘wide open to abuse’ and will ‘inevitably’ bump up marks because it is like football managers being left to predict their own team’s results, education experts told MailOnline today. The Education Secretary was fire-fighting in the Commons this afternoon over his ‘Wild West’ system for GCSEs … Read more
Ministers today insisted their GCSE and A-Level exam replacement plan is the ‘best we can do’ despite claims an experts has quit warning of an even more dire outcome than last year’s hated algorithm. Schools minister Nick Gibb confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisting there will be ‘protective … Read more