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A lack of funding could hamper the ability of Great British Energy to truly transform the UK’s energy sector, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has warned. As the government plans …
Lack of funding could hamper Great British Energy’s ability to deliver clean energy future Read More
It sounds like a dream for many people currently working five days a week: how about just doing four days and having a long weekend? When the weekends feel too …
A four-day week can work – if staff and employers can deal with the challenges Read More
LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) – Once seen as hostile to banks, Britain’s Labour has courted lenders in recent years as it attempts to gain power, yet some of the left-leaning …
Consumer-focused lending under Labour could dent UK bank profits Read More
“I want the highest possible quality candidates to put before the electorate,” Labour leader Keir Starmer told the press as the election campaign started. With leftwingers like Faiza Shaheen and Lloyd Russell-Moyle excluded, …
Meet the Labour Candidates Lobbying for Oil, Gas and Arms Companies Read More
The scale of automatic debt repayments administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) means that, across all families receiving universal credit (UC), the basic payment is on average …
People on universal credit losing £1 in every £13 of basic payment due to automatic DWP debt deductions Read More
The health and social care visa route was introduced in August 2020 as a response to labour shortages after Brexit and the COVID pandemic. Now, the independent chief inspector of …
How visas for social care workers may be exacerbating exploitation in the sector Read More
The government quietly rekindled its relationship with P&O owner DP World just eight months after ministers decried its “brutal” and illegal sacking of almost 800 workers in Britain, newly released …
Ministers let P&O owner back into bed months after sacking scandal Read More
Amazon workers will take further strike action this month in an ongoing dispute with the delivery giant for better pay, conditions and union rights. It follows on from the GMB …
Amazon hit with fresh strikes in ‘huge blow’ after second bid for union recognition Read More
Commenting on the Labour Party’s plan for financial services, Fergus Moffatt, Head of UK Policy at ShareAction, said: “The Labour Party’s plan for financial services includes some promising proposals to …
Labour’s financial services plan – ShareAction response Read More
A perfect storm of inflation, supply chain disruption, spiralling interest rates, and delays in connection to the National Grid means that the swathe of solar power farms approved and going …
UK solar power target for 2035 obliterated by inflated costs, government chaos, and gridlock Read More