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10 years on from the financial crash workers suffer as bankers thrive

Bankers have seen their pay increase by 9.3 per cent since 2009 as average wages fall by 3.1 per cent, new figures show. In the ten years since the financial crash the typical worker has been left nearly £1,000 worse off a year in real terms, the Trades Union Congress found. But the typical worker in finance or insurance has seen their pay increase by 9.3 per cent in a decade, giving them an extra £119 a week or £6,188...

Sand artist creates giant sculpture of Theresa May losing her head under Brexit guillotine

A sand artist has paid graphic homage to Brexit and the Prime Minister's precarious state - with a giant sculpture of Theresa May losing her head under a falling guillotine. The controversial sculpture depicts a large globe with a horrified looking May in the centre, throwing her head under a falling guillotine with Brexit written across it. Outside of Europe on the sandy globe, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump both sit rubbing their hands together with glee as they watch...

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