Commons watchdogs have been given evidence that pensioners of the failed poultry business Bernard Matthews Ltd stand to get just 1p in the £. In a background paper written for …
A University of Manchester probe has found that suicides of people being cared for in the community are higher than among hospital in-patients. There are around 200 suicides a year …
Sick pay in Britain and Ireland lags far behind most European nations. Research collated by Ben Harrow at Vouchercloud, the Bristol-based money-saving mobile app platform has revealed that Norway, Luxembourg, …
Donald Trump’s trade adviser Dan DiMicco has promised that Britain will be offered a free trade deal before the rest of the EU if the Republicans win the US presidential …
The transport select committee has warned that lessons must be learned from the “woeful” experience of passengers on Southern Railway. Rail passengers have been badly let down by government failure …
The government has admitted that response to its consultation about reforms to public sector exit payments, which will see the lowest paid hit hardest, was overwhelmingly hostile.. The “reforms” will …
The Revenue is a government department in crisis. In 2005 HMRC employed directly 105,000 members of staff; it currently stands at approximately 58,000, almost a 50% reduction. Plans brought forward …
At Labour annual conference in Liverpool, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell insisted that Britain needs an interventionist government working with the private sector. An incoming Labour government would borrow in the …
Former European Council president Herman Van Rompuy warned that substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the EU are unlikely to start much before the end of …
The foreign affairs select committee has ruled that British courts should decide the legality of Government arms exports to Saudi Arabia. The MPs backed calls for the UK to suspend …
The Women and Equalities Committee has exposed a shocking scale of sexual harassment and sexual violence that is not being tackled effectively in British schools. I ts report revealed that …
Theresa May’s plans for a new wave of selective schools in England has began to unravel as they were condemned across the political and educational spectrum, but some councils in …
The media and entertainment union BECTU is to merge with Prospect next year after its membership voted decisively in favour of joining forces with the professionals’ union. The ballot closed …
The TUC warned directors’ pay at FTSE 100 firms has reached “stratospheric” levels, with top executives receiving a year’s worth of the minimum wage in just one day. The research …
More than 50 hospitals in England have been given the green light to miss key waiting time targets this year to help ease their cash crises. The move is part …
Sir Tom McCaffrey February 20 1922-July 8 2016 Tom McCaffrey was a decent man and a pragmatic socialist who got caught up in turbulent times as press secretary to James …
We have a new Cabinet, but experts are warning that the problems of funding and staffing the NHS will continue to become more acute, writes James Douglas Three Parliamentary watchdogs …
James Douglas One in five established academy chains – or eight out of 39 – are performing substantially below the national average for attainment and improvement for disadvantaged pupils, according …
The US and South Korea agreed to deploy a controversial missile defence system following intensifying threats from North Korea. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be …
The collapse of retail chain BHS, with the loss of up to 11,000 jobs, continued to raise disturbing questions of probity involving top UK financial and commercial institutions
Former Argentine junta leader Reynaldo Bignone was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes committed under Operation Condor – a 1970s’ conspiracy between South America’s dictators to murder leftists …
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley admitted to MPs that he paid workers below the national minimum wage.
There has been a marked increase in home working – 241,000 more people than 10 years ago, a rise of 19 per cent.
