Met chief denies he is to be sacked September 5, 2008 Sir Ian Blair denied rumours he will be axed as Metropolitan Police chief in a statement given yesterday outside Scotland Yard’s headquarters. Newspaper reports said ministers and other police chiefs were secretly planning to remove Blair, who has been dogged by controversy since taking over as chief in February 2005. The first action would be [...]
Age law takes centre stage September 3, 2008 Hiring and firing are key area for age discrimination cases, says Jeremy Hazlehurst Earlier this week, the television presenter Selina Scott filed a claim for age discrimination against Channel Five. Scott, who is 57, said that she had been signed up to read the news while Natasha Kaplinski is off on maternity leave, but is [...]