Royal Mail eCourier drivers launch legal battle over worker rights Legal Legal action has been launched against Royal Mail eCourier by drivers claiming they have been unlawfully denied workers’ rights by being classified as self-employed independent contractors. A group of 15 former eCourier drivers, who are members of the IWGB union, are bringing the ‘opt-in’ claim, led by claimant law firm Leigh Day, which has brought [...]
Driving Gen Z into the ground Opinion A shortage of driving tests and suggestions that young people should not be allowed to give their friends lifts are just the latest examples of the infantilisation of Gen Z, says Phoebe Arslanagić-Little In July 2024, there was not a single driving test to be had anywhere in London, at all. The best the DVSA [...]