Businesses could be hit with £1,000 levy per EU worker after Brexit January 11, 2017 Employers could face a £1,000 charge for every EU worker they recruit under plans being considered by the Home Office. Immigration minister Robert Goodwill revealed the controversial plans earlier today in a House of Lords subcommittee looking at post-Brexit migration rules. Goodwill claimed the charge will "be helpful to British workers who feel they are overlooked". Read [...]
Here are the top 10 excuses for firms to dodge paying staff the minimum wage January 11, 2017 Employers have refused to pay the minimum wage because staff only make tea, aren't good workers or think of themselves as self-employed, the government has revealed. A bizarre list of excuses from employers has been revealed by the government ahead of a £1.7m marketing blitz on the minimum wage. The top ten list also includes one employer [...]
Corbyn’s relaunch shambles plunges Labour into fresh chaos January 11, 2017 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn plunged his party into fresh chaos yesterday with a series of U-turns on his newly-minted plans to tackle high pay and deal with freedom of movement after Brexit. In a media blitz designed to relaunch his leadership yesterday morning, Corbyn had suggested the party would implement a “maximum earnings limit”, and [...]
Jeremy Corbyn moots 20:1 pay ratio limit for government contractors January 10, 2017 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has dramatically shifted his proposals for an earnings cap. Speaking in Peterborough today, Corbyn offered two new rules for contractors, alongside proposals for broader reforms. Just hours after setting out his desire for "a maximum earning limit", the Labour leader said he would rather tackle pay ratios in the hopes of raising [...]
Jeremy Corbyn’s salary cap is “bananas” says free marketeers January 10, 2017 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been blasted by free-market think tanks for his suggestion of a maximum wage in the UK. Corbyn made the suggestion on Radio 4 this morning, although he did not specify what the maximum salary allowed in the UK should be. The Labour leader claimed that income disparity in the UK [...]
HMRC’s plans to shutter offices will now cost £300m more by 2025 January 10, 2017 The taxman's plans to shutter large numbers of local office will now save less than half the amount originally forecast by 2025. HM Revenue and Customs is closing all of its 170 offices in a migration to 17 sites, as well as a London headquarters. The plan had been expected to generate savings of £499 [...]
Former Australian PM backs plan to target Commonwealth nations for trade deals January 10, 2017 A new paper backed by former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott is calling on the UK to quit the EU's customs union and focus on Commonwealth trade after Brexit. The report, authored by Tory Braintree MP James Cleverly, suggests a five step approach to Britain's trade priorities, beginning with the Commonwealth’s open economies. After setting [...]
Corbyn calls for an historic return to state aid programmes and an end to freedom of movement from the EU January 9, 2017 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wants a return to state aid programmes in the aftermath of Brexit, and has insisted his party is not "wedded" to European freedom of movement. Making a landmark speech tomorrow, Corbyn will lay out Labour's vision for Britain once the country has left the EU. "Britain can be better off after [...]
Senior Tory MP Andrew Tyrie is demanding details in Theresa May’s Brexit plans January 9, 2017 Senior Tory Andrew Tyrie is demanding the government explains its hopes for the Single Market as part of a Brexit plan promised last year. Last year, Prime Minister Theresa May committed to revealing more on the UK goals ahead of triggering Article 50, and now Tyrie, who chairs parliament's influential Treasury Committee, is demanding that any [...]
