The latest wage growth report paints a gloomy picture for the UK economy. Wage rises have now dropped below inflation, which is worrying for an economy that has been so reliant on consumer spending. In the public sector, a Government cap of one per cent on wage increases means the average full-time public sector worker has lost out to the tune of £9,000 since 2010. If the cap remains in place they will stand to lose £4,000 more by 2020 –...

Today the Daily Mail has issued a public apology to US First Lady Melania Trump and paid damages and costs understood to be in the range of £2 million for a story alleging she once worked as an escort. An apology and full retraction was published prominently by Mail Online and will also appear in the print edition - and so it should. The Mail must learn that it cannot print falsehoods about the First Lady or anyone else for that matter,...

Describing themselves as a “(fucking) loud instrumental band”, Liverpool’s Alpha Male Tea Party have announced a fresh signing to Big Scary Monsters Recordings for the release of third album, titled health, on 23rd June Commenting on the new material, the trio say: “We spent a while working out how we wanted to make it happen and decided to be a proper band this time, so we booked out a residential studio in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside for a week to create our newest Ugly Baby. We...

The tricky problem of why shoelaces become undone has been solved by scientists. Walking along and then suddenly having that horrible feeling of footwear becoming loose has frustrated humans for thousands of years. It occurs without warning - and a study now reveals the series of events that make it happen. A double whammy of footfall and whipping forces acts like an 'invisible hand', loosening the knot and then tugging on the free ends of your laces until the whole...

When people employ search engine optimization techniques to their website, they assume that there will be an overnight transformation of their website. If their website had 0 visibility, they assume that within a night, their website will secure a high rank in search engine result pages. While it is true that SEO can have a long term impact on the performance of your website, it is also true at the same time that it takes time. People who are eager...

All parents want to ensure their child has the best start in life – that they are healthy, happy, and have the best opportunities. Going to university and obtaining a good degree is almost essential for most career paths in today’s professional environment, and a good university education is getting increasingly more expensive. As such, it’s essential that parents plan ahead, saving and investing money for the future. This guide offers useful tips for parents who want to make more...

One of the primary arguments on the gender pay gap from the alt right is that women deserve to be paid less because they have children. It's part of what independent social research agency NatCen the "incomplete revolution". Despite female participation in the labour market increasing markedly over the past 30 years and both couple families tending to work, substantial support remains for women having the primary caring role when children are young and it is still women who undertake a disproportionate amount...

The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, clashed with a BBC journalist who attempted to ask a question about the Syrian crisis, while he was speaking at a small business event. The BBC reporter, Mark Lobel, was in the process of trying to ask a question about the conflict with Corbyn, and last week's chemical attack. The audience, at the Fed of Small Businesses, booed the BBC hack, and appeared to want to concentrate on business issues. Corbyn walked forward, in a...

A toddler almost died after acid from a battery she swallowed burned through her STOMACH and main ARTERIES. Kacie Barradell, two, ingested the 10p-sized lithium cell battery which fell out of a button car key. She has spent a total of eight weeks in hospital and her parents have been warned she might be paralysed from the waist down. Her oesophagus is so badly burned she cannot eat or drink and is currently being fed through a tube. Kacie’s mum...