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New campaign encourages City firms to pay London Living Wage

A new campaign has launched today encouraging more City financial and professional services firms to pay the London Living Wage. The City of London Corporation, which runs the campaign backed by the Living Wage Foundation, is taking over the London Underground with a poster campaign to get more firms to pay at least the London Living Wage of £10.55 per hour. The posters will be displayed at nine of the capital’s busiest tube stations, including Liverpool Street, Euston, Victoria and...

Austerity policies have made us all £1,495 a year worse off, analysis shows

Austerity policies have resulted in nine years of slower growth and left us all £1,495 a year worse off, analysis by The New Economics Foundation has revealed. The think tank found the impact of tax and spending changes since the Conservatives came to power had left the economy £100 billion smaller than it would otherwise have been. As a result, the cumulative effect of tax, public spending and welfare adjustments on growth by the end of the 2018-19 financial year had left the...

Tommy Robinson supporter who called TV reporter a ‘slag’ fined & ordered to pay her £50 compensation

A Tommy Robinson supporter who called a TV reporter a ‘slag’ to her face has been fined and ordered to pay her £50 compensation. Restaurant worker William Eve, 57, claimed in his defence that he didn't perceive swearing or using the word ‘slag’ as insulting because he was from east London where it was "common" language. Eve was cleared by magistrates of using "religiously aggravated" language when he asked Al Jazeera journalist Sonia Gallego if her employer was 'Muslim-backed'. He...

Thoughtful document illustrates how to deal with Syrian returners – with foreword by Sajid Javid

A thoughtful document illustrating how to deal with Syrian returners has re-surfaced following Sajid Javid's decision to strip Shamima Begum of her British citizenship. The United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism, published in June last year, details a four step approach that should be used to deal with a British woman who travels to join ISIS and has a baby. They include a managed return to the UK, a criminal investigation, deradicalisation and care for the baby, none of which were applied in...

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