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The Taylor Report on the Gig economy is out today. There are seven recommendations, the main suggestion that has grabbed the headlines is ending paying people in cash. The idea Mr Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA since 2006 is suggesting,...

The UK’s largest listed companies have failed to improve gender diversity at senior executive level, and by some calculations are even “going backwards”, new research by the Pipeline shows. The organisation, which trains women for t...

UK labour productivity, as measured by output per hour, declined by 0.5% in the first three months of this year, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. It is the first fall since the end of 2015, commenting on the news Shad...

It is now over a year since the government increased the minimum amount of debt necessary to petition for bankruptcy.  The threshold is now £5,000 (it was previously £750). This has led to a reduction in the number of people in Engla...

Veterans for Peace UK Veterans for Peace UK is a voluntary ex-services organisation of men and women, who collectively have served in every war that Britain has fought since the Second World War. The group are arguing that: ‘War is not the solu...

A report this morning from one of the UK’s leading think tanks is proposing sweeping reforms to parts of the self-employment landscape. In response to some of the criticisms levelled at the gig economy over the past couple of years, the Resolut...

Jackie is a banker and Jane she is a clerk, both of them save their money when they come from work...so sang Lou Reed. Jackie Edwards is a writer and she has brought our attention to this article. This is advice clearly for the US market: I&rsqu...

Two subjects regularly in the news are spending on the National Health Service and migration. However, is our situation exceptional compared to other nations? Are we overspending on healthcare and are we being overrun by migrants? Figures from the OE...

Tory former mayor has been suspended from her party for sharing a "racist" joke about welfare claimants on Facebook. The post shared by Rosemary Carroll suggested benefits would be dished out to a dog who is "brown, stinks and has never worked a day...

A teenager in need of a kidney transplant is angry she will not be allowed a supportive benefit. Brooke Johnson, 19, of Manor Road, Harlow, has autoimmunity, a condition which causes the body's immune system to attack healthy cell...