With concerns over the impact of automation on jobs already mounting news that Amazon will employ fewer casual workers in its warehouses this Christmas due to increased robot utilisation will come as a concern for leaders across the world. Citing cost-cutting and increased productivity, Amazon will be at the forefront of...
The privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost the taxpayer £5 billion per year and driven up fares by 20 per cent, according to analysis released to mark the 25th anniversary of the legislation that put British Rail into the hands of the private sector. Commuters have endured a “catastrophic” privatisation...
Air pollution is the cause of more than 500,000 premature deaths in Europe every year, fresh figures from the European Environment Agency have revealed. With the majority of Brits now citing air pollution as a daily concern, a study conducted to coincide with the EEA figures found 74 per cent now...
Four in 10 over 50s have experienced age discrimination, according to a survey. A study of 50,000 Brits aged over 50 found one in 10 have felt ‘isolated’ and left out of team bonding exercises, social events and meetings at work. And 62 per cent believe they have lost out...
Arron Banks has said he regrets “unleashing the demons” of Brexit on the country in a controversial interview with Andrew Marr this morning. The businessman, who bankrolled the Leave.EU campaign and is currently under investigation by the UK's National Crime Agency, said that if he had his time again it...
So-called purveyors of the British rule of law were nowhere to be seen today after yet another credible threat to our democracy was exposed. The National Crime Agency is set to investigate allegations of multiple criminal offences by Arron Banks and his unofficial leave campaign in the Brexit referendum, with...
David Cameron has hinted that he may return to front line politics as foreign secretary under Theresa May’s successor. The former PM, who resigned after Britain voted to leave the European Union under his stewardship, has told friends he is hoping for a Cabinet recall after a new Tory leader...
National treasure Sir David Attenborough has the nation’s favourite voice, it has emerged. The much-loved 92-year-old broadcaster beat Hollywood great Morgan Freeman to claim the top spot. In third place was actor and author Stephen Fry, followed by Dame Judi Dench and former 007 Sir Sean Connery. Other famous names...
Influential Leave.EU donor Arron Banks has today been referred to the National Crime Agency after the Electoral Commission found evidence of multiple suspected offences. Banks ploughed millions of pounds into the Leave.EU campaign and another campaign called Better for the Country during the referendum. But according to new information released...