Britain is teetering on the edge of a silent crisis as people are been overworked to dangerous levels. A new study has found millions of employees are so tired at work they are unable to do their job safely, with pressure to meet demanding targets, work being too intense and a ...
Buried in a 19,800 word Spectator essay written by former online editor and Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings is an admission: The Brexit referendum was won by lying to the public. The piece, found here, is well worth reading but also falls victim to classic mansplaining of a complex issue with many words wasted ...
By Mary Wandia, Manager of End Female Genital Mutilation Programme, Equality Now Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a campaign day established by the United Nations to raise awareness about the urgent need to end this unacceptable form of child abuse and violence against ...
In the next 15 years your enquiries to civil servants could be answered by robots. Anyone who spends hours on automated calls, might be a bit dubious about this plan. However, the Reform thinktank believes that computers and robots will improve the customer service experience. They believe that a quarter of ...
By Richard Harries, Director of Research at the independent trust Power to Change The NHS may be our national religion, but libraries—which are marking National Library Day (4th Feb) ahead of a whole week of celebration in October—enjoy their own vaunted status in the fabric of British society. The success ...
The last few weeks have seen media attention like never before around a single word that historically refers to an emission of wind from the anus. The Trump storm that has engulfed the media has actually been good news for the incoming president, playing in to the hands of his “shock ...
The government has just published its White Paper setting out its Brexit plans. The document sets out the government’s 12 principles including migration control and "taking control of our own laws". Brexit Secretary David Davis said the UK's "best days are still to come", outside the EU. However one union has reacted ...
There was only really one topic, which would dominate today’s session: should Theresa May have catapulted herself across the Atlantic to meet Donald Trump, and beg him to come for a state visit to meet our Liz. Corbyn demanded to know why May had taken so long to condemn Trump’s ...
Leeds based entrepreneur invests in Las Vegas Dessert chain Leeds based entrepreneur, Matt Haycox, has invested in Las Vegas Dessert chain, Sticks and Shakes. Matt Haycox, a consultant to Access Commercial Funding, which provides businesses funding for growth, decided to invest in the chain after a chance meeting with the ...