Experiencing a personal bereavement is always distressing, especially when it is unexpected. Stigma around grieving, and a lack of understanding about what happens when you’re dying, mean that too many of us are struggling to cope when faced with life’s inevitable challenges. And the workplace is no exception. » Read More
The cabinet office yesterday published a written statement into the resignation of Sue Gray, stating that it has given a “confidential assessment” to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) about whether she broke civil service rules in taking up a job from Keir Starmer while still a senior civil servant. » Read More
After Sir Keir Starmer signalled yesterday that Labour would ditch his pledge to abolish tuition fees, a shadow minister has said that it is important to recognise “the system” on university tuition is “broken”. But, speaking to Sky News this morning, shadow financial secretary to the treasury James Murray defended Sir Keir’s U-turn on tuition
Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer recently sat down for an interview with The Economist magazine for a conversation that was framed around unpicking as yet “curiously undefined” Starmerism. First of all, it is worth saying that the fact Sir Keir’s political beliefs are a topic of debate right now is good news for the
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is confident that partygate investigator Sue Gray has not “broken any rules” during the process that led up to her appointment as the Leader of the Opposition’s chief of staff. It comes as the cabinet office will later publish an update into the “circumstances leading to the resignation of
The illegal migration bill cleared its final commons stage by 289 votes to 230 on Wednesday as an inter-Conservative party battle over amendments and the role of the European Court of Human Rights failed to materialise. The relative quiet of Wednesday’s vote reflects, in part, the number and breadth of concessions No 10 had made
Public trust with the Met Police is said to be at an all time low. With the Casey Report finding institutional racism and misogyny within the force, how do the public feel?Alicia Fitzgerald went to Walworth in South East London to ask whether people trusted and felt safe with the police. » Read More
Foreign secretary James Cleverly has said that the government will in time create “safe and legal routes” for people fleeing conflict in Sudan, but added that he refused to “speculate on the numbers of nature of those routes”. It is a view that contradicts that expressed by the home secretary Suella Braverman who has said
According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the global forex turnover in April 2022 hit $7.5 trillion a day. The dominant currency remains the US dollar and London is the top trading hub. However, Brexit has dealt a severe blow to the UK, and as a result, other forex trading centers are also becoming
