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The average employee reckons they waste almost 15 weeks a year - carrying out “pointless” tasks at work, according to research. The study of 2,000 workers found typically 142 minutes a day - more than two hours - are spent doing admin, paperwork and attending meetings when they could be getting on with more important jobs. That equates to a staggering 76 working days across a 48 week year, assuming workers take four weeks annual leave. It also emerged at...

The Labour Party has tabled a motion that would prevent a future Tory Prime Minister from forcing through a 'no deal' Brexit on 31 October. Up for debate in parliament tomorrow the cross-party motion would hand control of the parliamentary agenda to MPs on Tuesday 25th June. If it passes MPs will have the chance to introduce measures, including legislation, that could help avoid a no deal Brexit. The intervention has come after several contenders for the Tory leadership have...

Dominic Grieve called Boris Johnson a “shallow populist” who would bring doom to the Conservative Party in a scathing interview published today. The Tory MP for Beaconsfield told The New European that Johnson would be “manifestly unsuitable for high office” if he won the leadership race – which he is widely tipped to do. He said he abhors the kind of “pub patriotism” that Johnson and some of his fellow Brextremists, such as Nigel Farage, have come to embody, saying...

More than half of Conservative members - who will choose the next Prime Minister – are aged over 55, according to leaked figures. Data published on the BBC today has found Dominic Raab has spent more than £50,000 on Facebook ads in the last week targeting the party’s key demographics. The money has been spent overwhelmingly on people over the age of 55, which reflects the lion’s share of the party’s membership. Raab pitched himself as the 'Brexiter you can...

David McGreavy dubbed the "Monster of Worcester" murder three siblings before leaving their bodies impaled on railings.

The M25 was shut in both directions between junctions 4 and 5 after officers investigating a single vehicle accident discovered the two sinkholes in the central reservation.

The singing star produces bass notes thousands of times deeper than a human ear can hear.

Guardian journalist Rafael Behr giving his take on the state of English politics right now and it went viral because he does it so well, in 96 seconds flat. Do you agree with his comments? Here's the essential state of English politics in 96 seconds by my colleague @rafaelbehr pic.twitter.com/hO3aAYLQeY— John Harris (@johnharris1969) June 9, 2019 Nailed It. https://t.co/0n7knlS4Wx— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) June 9, 2019 If I had known that people would be sharing a clip of me on the...

Witnessing a colleague sexually assaulted on the factory floor, women abused for not meeting targets and another fired for being pregnant – these are just some of the shocking experiences of violence and harassment garment workers in Bangladesh have shared with ActionAid UK. The charity, which empowers women and girls living in poverty, commissioned a survey of workers in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. Six years after the Rana Plaza tragedy killed more than 1,100 garment factory workers, the charity is investigating how...