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Universal Credit has forced women into sex work, MP warns
MP Frank Field has warned that the government’s flagship welfare project is driving women into the sex trade as opposition to Universal Credit continues to mount. In a nod to I, Daniel Blake he said women in his Birkenhead constituency are taking to the red light district for the first time in order to make ends meet. Speaking in the Commons, the independent MP invited work and pensions secretary Esther McVey to “come to Birkenhead and meet those women’s...
Britain home to some of the best work environments in Europe, new research reveals
Britain is home to some of the best work environments in Europe when compared to other major economies, a new study has revealed. Despite a third of Brits saying they don’t get enough recognition from their boss, some 67 per cent say they think their manager has a genuine interest in their wellbeing and happiness at work. Almost half say they get on well with their boss on both a professional and personal level and two thirds agree they deserve...
UK pharmaceutical jobs at threat due to crossfire of “ideology & incompetence” over Brexit
After giant AstraZeneca said it will keep its freeze on investments in Britain if Brexit fails to give enough clarity on future trading relations, the Government has been accused of ‘ideology and incompetence’ putting the industry at risk. AstraZeneca Chairman Leif Johansson reportedly told France’s Le Monde newspaper the company would keep its freeze on manufacturing investments without clarity on future trading relations. GMB, the union for workers at AstraZeneca has warned the Government’s mishandling of Brexit talks is putting...
Nature will need three to five million years to recover from man-made extinctions
Humans are exterminating animal and plant species so fast that nature's built-in defence mechanism evolution can't keep up
Care worker guilty of raping a vulnerable woman
Robert Smith, of St Catherine's Way in Gorleston, was found guilty last Thursday at Norwich Crown court
Beer drought looms because of global warming
Brewing could slump and price of pint double in as heatwaves become more common
HIP-HOP BUST UP – Rap music videos ‘glamourise’ drug use, warns study
Researchers found cannabis and tobacco are frequently featured in videos by top rappers
Rare swift spotted for first time in UK
The white-rumped swift was seen yesterday evening (sun) at Hornsea Mere in East Riding
“Neo-nazi terrorist” dad who plotted “white jihad” posed in KKK baby photo
Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas are accused of belonging to the banned terrorist group National Action