The Government should write into law a positive definition of self-employment to provide clarity on who is and who is not genuinely self-employed, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has said. The call follows a decision in the employment tribunal today that a group of Hermes couriers were workers and not self-employed. GMB, the union for lifestyle couriers, scored a landmark legal victory against Hermes after an employment tribunal ruled their couriers are entitled to basic workers’ rights. The...

Learning SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) can be a confusing task: there is no one way to do it. Due to the fast-paced nature of technology, the ins and outs of optimizing your content might also change over time. For this reason, it is important to maintain an open-minded and diverse attitude when learning about SEO. It’s critical to be flexible and understand that SEO will continue to evolve. In other words, if you get stuck in a single formula, your...

A private girls' school in west London has sparked outrage after serving baked potatoes with beans and coleslaw for lunch to mark an "Austerity Day" designed to help pupils learn about "less fortunate" people. St Paul's Girls' School, which has fees of £7,978 per term, had an "austerity lunch" of baked potatoes and fruit in a bid to introduce attendees to "simple" foods. The school, where a typical menu for students includes herb-crusted salmon and duck leg confit, posted about the event...

The Social Security Advisory Committee – the panel of experts responsible for scrutinising laws which affect the benefits system – have published the Government’s draft proposals for moving more than two million disabled people onto Universal Credit. The Government has said that this will take place between 2019 and 2023. It will affect around one million people with mental health problems who currently receive the disability benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). Under these proposals people currently getting ESA will receive a letter informing...

The fire broke out in a block yesterday afternoon but did not spread to any other flats.

Oliver Storr, 22, asked the victim to send him a naked photograph of herself using Facebook messenger

Sharife Elwhabe stole 72,586.60 in hotel accommodation and cash, the prosecution claim, along with a further £10,000 in pre paid cards for victims of the blaze that killed 72.

The dogs were discovered after the woman owner died

Chris Cowlin has raised over £17,000 in his 12 day tour of all the nations league football stadiums