3 Tips For The Best Remote Interview You’ve Ever Had June 13, 2022 The kitchen table, a hastily cleared corner of the living room, or for the lucky ones, a spare bedroom where we could set up a desk and second screen (the unlucky ones got an ironing board). We all made do during the pandemic when it came to working from home. Now though, as remote and [...]
Campaigners warn childcare costs holding back careers in the City and beyond June 13, 2022 CAMPAIGNERS have warned “uniquely high” childcare costs are holding back not just the City’s diversity drive but economic growth. A new study by union the TUC suggests the average nursery bill for a family with a toddler was just shy of £5,000 in 2010 but has grown to more than £7,000 just a dozen years [...]
Letters: The pitfalls of Right to Buy June 13, 2022 [Re: Johnson unveils series of housing reforms to increase home ownership, June 9] Boris Johnson announced new policies to support home ownership on Thursday including a Right to Buy (RTB) scheme enabling housing association tenants to purchase their home. I strongly agree that it is wrong that so many households are precluded from the benefits [...]
Energy body urges government to greenlight more gas projects to ensure supply security June 12, 2022 An energy industry body has slammed the government’s rejection of two proposed onshore projects, describing its approach as inconsistent.
Shock ruling: BBC Radio One DJ who abused vulnerable children sees jail term increased from 12 to 18 years June 10, 2022 Mark Page, a former Radio One DJ who arranged to have sex with vulnerable children in the Philippines, has had his jail term increased from 12 years to 18 years by Court of Appeal judges. Page, 63, who worked at the station in the 1980s, had been given a 12-year sentence by Judge Paul Watson [...]
Crime in our capital city will stay high unless confidence in the Met is restored June 10, 2022 London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan warned this week that the cost-of-living crisis may lead to an increase in violent crime in the capital. Policing – like every other twenty-first century public service – is replete with numbers that measure performance. The number of police officers working on the frontline; how long it takes for the police [...]
Johnson unveils series of housing reforms to increase home ownership June 9, 2022 Boris Johnson has launched a “mortgage review”, which will look at ways at extending low deposit home loans, as a part of a series of newly unveiled housing reforms. Number 10 said the review would “look at what other countries are doing and see if we can further extend opportunities in the mortgage market” and [...]
Brits to be allowed to use housing benefits for a mortgage to buy their homes June 9, 2022 Allowing lower-paid workers to use housing benefits to buy their homes and an extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants should give Tory support a boost. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to confirm his intentions in a major speech today as he seeks to repair his fortunes after a bruising Tory [...]
The A-Z of wine: H is for… Hunter Valley June 9, 2022 Our alphabetical tour of the wine world continues with a trip Down Under to find a hidden gem in Hunter Valley What’s this then? A bit of a niche area this week, because it turns out that when you commit to the rigid structure of an alphabet-themed series there’s always one letter that throws a [...]
Thousands of Brits received ‘unacceptable service’ after Storm Arwen, Ofgem rules June 9, 2022 Electricity networks provided an “unacceptable service” to thousands of customers following Storm Arwen, which left nearly one million homes without power, industry watchdog Ofgem has said. Winds of 100mph caused widespread disruption, uprooted trees and damaged power lines, cutting the electricity supply from November 26 across northern England and Scotland. Power outages lasted for more [...]