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Government “out of touch” as number of zero hours contracts creeps up to 2 million
Today’s scandalous figures are more proof Theresa May’s Government has completely and utterly failed to tackle insecure work GMB union has criticised the Government after new figures released today showed the number of zero hours contracts creeping up to 2 million. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning show the number of zero hours contracts estimated to be in circulation in the economy rose to 1.8 million in November 2017 - up from 1.7 million a year...
Tougher laws demanded as reported sexual assaults on ambulance workers rocket 211%
Private Member’s Bill to protect emergency workers returns to Parliament on Friday and must cover sexual assaults, says union. GMB, the union for NHS workers, is demanding a change in the law as its investigation reveals that reported sexual assaults on ambulance staff have increased by 211 per cent over five years. According to the results of a Freedom of Information Act survey undertaken by GMB, there have been at least 688 sexual assaults on ambulance staff since 2012/13. In...
Major study of 200k Brits reveals Remain would win in second referendum
The majority of Brits would vote to remain in the EU if another referendum were held next week. A major UK-wide survey of more than 200,000 people revealed that a significant majority want the UK to stay in the European single market and believe Britain will be economically worse off outside the EU. The findings come as Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure to concede on her so-called Brexit "red lines" of leaving the single market and customs union. Almost...
Almost half of all Brits now admit they struggle to make ends meet
The shocking findings, from a survey of 2,000 UK adults, revealed 43 per cent are short of the cash they need to pay the bills an average of seven months each year.
Black netting on buildings could be death trap for endangered birds
They have already claimed their first victim after a dead kittiwake got stuck
Nazi revelations about scientist Hans Asperger “cast dark spell” on autism community as news sparks bullying
Adam Bradford, 25, claims to have suffered a torrent of abuse online after sordid details of the work carried out by Hans Asperger, the eminent doctor, emerged this week
David Grossman’s full moving speech to Palestinians and Israelis mourning together on Memorial Day
“Within the pain there is also breath, creation, doing good" - Israeli author David Grossman lost a son in the Lebanon War 2006. This is his moving address to 8,000 Israelis and Palestinians bridging the divide between them to mourn together their lost loved ones on Memorial Day. David Grossman is to be awarded the 2018 Israel Prize for Literature on Thursday. This week he addressed a unique event for for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families with an emotive speech...
Music teacher jailed for string of child sex offences
Paul Johnson was while working as a music teacher when he abused four children
Council embroiled in a bitter row with tree campaigners refuses to disclose its official policy behind its tree felling program
A city council embroiled in a bitter row with campaigners over a controversial tree felling programme has refused to disclose its official policy behind the measure. The authority has ruled it is in the “greater good” to keep its official policy for the felling of thousands of the city’s street trees secret. Its refusal comes after a local newspaper submitted a Freedom of Information request to see its currently-redacted ‘Highway Tree Replacement Policy’. FILE PHOTO; Police protect Amey staff from...