The government will seek to grant all employees the right to request flexible working. The plans, published today by the department for business which the government claims will allow 2.2 million more people the right to request flexible working. The proposed changes would permit all UK employees to request flexible working arrangements from day one…
A report released today calls on the government to legalise private and shared e-scooters. The report, published by the Centre for London examines how ‘micromobility’ vehicles such as e-scooters and e-bikes could help to reduce car use, cut carbon emissions, and improve air quality. Its recommendations include granting Transport for London the power to manage…
Deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, faced questions from the deputy Labour leader, Angela Rayner, at Prime Minister’s Questions today in the House of Commons. Rayner seemed to enjoy her time in the spotlight, aiming a few personal jabs at Raab, saying: “A worker on the minimum wage would need to work an extra 50 days…
The business, energy and industrial strategy parliamentary committee heard evidence today from experts from within the gas industry about the increasingly high gas prices seen over the past month. Emma Pinchbeck, chief executive officer for Energy UK, said: “We’re not just in a situation where we have regular market failure, where companies that in the…
Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has accused Labour leader Keir Starmer of a ‘grubby and dishonest’ approach over his plans to reverse the one-person-one-vote system for leadership elections. The party has used this system for leadership elections since Ed Miliband’s 2015 reforms, which were largely seen as responsible for moving the party to the left…
A report released by the work and pensions committee today said the government must commit to a cross-departmental child poverty strategy. The report is the first part of the committee’s wide-ranging inquiry into children in poverty underscores the impact of poverty in childhood for children’s lived experiences now and in adulthood, including in health and…
In the red corneer, the wounded outgoing foreign secretary Dominic Raab. in the blue corner, his replacement, the high-flying Lizz Truss. The prize up for grabs? A 17th-century country house! Typically, Chevening is used as the private residence of the foreign secretary. Raab, furious at being demoted during Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle last week, has…
BBC chairman Richard Sharp today defended the corporation’s recruitment processes, amid claims a board member with links to the Conservative government attempted to block Jess Brammar’s appointment as executive news director. Sharp told the digital, culture, media, and sport committee that Sir Robbie Gibb was within his rights to raise concerns of “reputational importance”. Gibb…
There’s a good chance if you’re on social media that you’ve come across an internet bot. These bots take the guise of normal accounts but are either generated or adapted by computers to post out a vast amount of content. “There’s a kind of spectrum, if you like,” explains Helen Margetts, director of the Public…
Prime minister Boris Johnson and US president Joe Biden will today hold talks at the White House. This comes the day after the US announced they would remove travel restrictions on UK citizens from November. Last week the US, UK and Australia announced a landmark security pact to share nuclear-submarine technology with Australia in light…
