The CIPD has welcomed a new British government after Labour’s landslide victory in the general election, but he shares the view of other experts and business groups that Sir Keir Starmer’s relatively ambitious programme for employment reform requires closer collaboration with employers. Labour’s majority of over 170 seats means the party should be able to … Read more
A Reform UK candidate has said that “girls should be aware that promiscuity is not attractive” and that women cannot “behave in the same way” as men, in the latest controversial comments from Nigel Farage’s party. In an interview with iJames Gunn, who is based in Oxford West and Abingdon, also repeated controversial claims around … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. In post-war Paris, signs above kitchens often stated that the owner does his own cooking, testifying to the chef’s confidence in the dishes amid the food rationing of the time. This phrase comes up in … Read more
Pensioners in Britain risk ending up in a tax ‘nightmare’ without serious intervention from MPs, one of the country’s leading pension campaigners has said. Baroness Ros Altmann is urging the major political parties, especially the Labor Party, to reform existing tax rules to prevent older Britons from losing part of their state pension to HM … Read more