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It wants firms to make sure staff are trained to manage the needs of vulnerable people and to understand that customers’ circumstances can change The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released draft …
Regulator launches guidelines for lenders to protect vulnerable consumers Read More
Today, networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from 6 continents announced that they are declaring a Climate Emergency, and agreed to undertake a three-point plan to …
Higher and Further Education Institutions across the globe declare Climate Emergency Read More
Historian and ‘Burn it all Down’ Podcast host Amira Rose Davis explores the power of women athletes to change society. Click here to read full story
US Women’s Soccer Team Stands for Equal Pay and Confronting Trump Read More
The net benefit on average of investing in more resilient infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries would be $4.2 trillion with $4 in benefit for each $1 invested, according to …
$4.2 Trillion Can Be Saved by Investing in More Resilient Infrastructure – World Bank Read More
Opaque reporting in company accounts is not in the public interest says Richard Murphy. The failings of accounting have been afforded much attention of late. This has been actively appropriate. …
You don’t count Read More
Cross-border brands feel the heat from digitally organised labour. Grazia Ietto-Gillies explains. In 2014 the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) declared that in some 43 labour disputes filed since …
Workers byte back Read More
Limited liability is at the nub of it all. Paul Frijters points the finger. Roman men engaged in commerce had a problem: Roman law did not recognise limits to the …
Money for nothing and the risks for free Read More
Eat all, sup all, pay nowt – it’s the Yorkshire creed but it’s hard to keep to in the county’s poorest quarters. Megan Blake, helps bring home the snap. For …
Food stalled Read More
Authoritarian populists have disrupted politics in many societies, as exemplified by Donald Trump in the U.S. and Brexit in the UK. Authoritarian populist parties have gained votes and seats in …
Cultural Backlash – Pippa Norris Read More
NEW DELHI — India’s worst labor market in decades is taking an especially heavy toll on younger urbanites, making it imperative for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come up with effective …
India’s educated youth suffer as jobless rate hits 45-year high Read More