UK bottom of wage growth league…with Greece
More depressing UK economic news has been released, this time in relation to wage growth. Britain has seen a larger decline in real wages since the 2007 credit crunch than any other developed country apart from Greece. It is feared that Brexit may have an even more negative impact on the wage growth, which could leave a clear gap between the UK and the rest of the OECD group of nations. The figures were discovered by the TUC who revealed...
Children Do Not Want To Eat Dead Animals
By Elena Orde, Editor of The Vegan You may have seen recent news stories about a malnourished child who was removed from his parents. A sad case, of course, but given that malnutrition affects over 3 million people in the UK, why has this particular story made international headlines? Because the child was vegan. In the wake of this news, chat show The Wright Stuff posed the question, ‘Abuse to put children on a vegan diet?’ while the Telegraph asked...
UK Festival used drugs testing service for partygoers for first time
The Secret Garden Party, a music festival in Cambridgeshire, was the first in the UK to use illegal drug testing, last weekend. It is thought around two hundred people used the service, so they could ensure that their illegal drugs did not contain any additional harmful substances, reports the Guardian. The charity, The Loop, offered the tests which was allowed by the police and council. The possession of drugs was still be illegal but an amnesty was offered to people...
Barack Obama’s Half-Brother Backs Donald Trump
Barack Obama's half-brother Malik has backed Donald Trump in the upcoming US Presidential election. The Kenyan pronounced to the BBC World Service "My name is Malik and I will be voting for Mr Donald Trump," in an interview where he backed the outspoken Republican candidate because he came across as a "straightforward guy" who "speaks from the heart". Despite living in the rural Kenyan village of Kogelo Malik Obama is still registered to vote in the state of Maryland, and will be changing...
Teacher packs in job to become UK’s first full-time Pokemon Go player
A teacher has decided to ditch her job as a £2k a month teacher to make a living playing Pokemon Go. It may seem far-fetched to many but it seems that it is possible to make substantial sums of money from the game. Sophia Pedraza, 26, plans to cash in on the craze sweeping the planet by walking the streets trying to collect virtual characters. Once she has built up her Pokemon accounts she plans to sell them on eBay....
London PR firm refused to share building with ex-offenders’ charity
A PR firm has taken a harsh stance against a charity who wanted to move into the same building as them. According to City A.M. Lee Publicity, a fashion and home PR business would not accept a charity that helps female ex-offenders to get into work, to locate themselves at the same address. The charity, Working Chance, was set up to provide workshops to women who have been in trouble with the law. They run seminars to help the offenders...
Cash-Strapped Brits Rather Pawn Valuables Than Borrow
Cash-strapped Brits would prefer to pawn one of their own valuables - rather than borrow the money from someone they know, a new study revealed. Research by coupon site 360vouchercodes.co.uk showed a wide geographical variation in the UK's lending and borrowing habits. People in Scotland are the nicest to their friends with 20 per cent agreeing to lend a whooping £500 to someone in their social circle. People in the East Midlands seem to be the most tight-fisted, as almost...
Highest-Paid CEOs Run Worst-Performing Companies
The multi-million pound pay packages handed out to CEO’s don’t actually improve the companies they work for, in fact it makes them worse. A newly published study by corporate-governance research firm MSCI has highlighted this issue. They ask the simple question: “Has CEO pay reflected long-term stock performance? In a word, ‘no.’” Many people have complained about huge salary boosts to heads of companies, now these increases don’t actually improve business performance; there will be questions raised why these packages...
Allardyce claims being a shit English manager prevented him from getting England role in the past
New England manager Sam Allardyce stated at his first press conference yesterday that he’s never been offered a top manager’s job, including the England role, because he was English and shit. “Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal and England would never give a shit Englishman a proper go, not with all the money and pressure in the game these days”. Allardyce was recently offered the role on account of his excellent track record of never fully failing at any club he’s been...