NDAs will not be able to keep workers from whistleblowing, after high-profile alleged casesThe government has announced proposals to prevent employers from using gagging clauses to stop people reporting criminal behaviour, harassment or discrimination to police.Ministers have decided to act following high-profile cases including that of Sir Philip Green, the Read more
Six of the biggest British banks found to suffer at least one major glitch every two weeksBritish banks are being hit by IT or security failures that prevent customers from making payments at an average rate of more than once a day, according to Which? Money.In the most comprehensive analysis Read more
MI5, police and former politicians to be summoned before Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Via: Westminster child sex abuse allegations and paedophile 'coverups' examined by new inquiry
Huge health problem from women and girls without sanitary products ‘using dirty items of clothing, inserting plastic or overusing a pad or tampons’ Via: Government launches bid to end period poverty worldwide by 2030
Obstacles ‘at every stage of the system’ cause unnecessary distress and mean vulnerable people miss out on crucial support Via: Universal credit 'ruining lives' and making mental health patients more ill, report warns
Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd to face pressure to act when she appears in front of select committee Via: MPs urge government to end benefits freeze early to stop 'destitution'
Changes follow widespread concern about non-disclosure agreements being used to cover up wrongdoing Via: Laws on 'gagging clauses' to be tightened to protect whistleblowers speaking out about harassment and abuse
Jodie Chesney was pronounced dead at the scene on Friday night in the park near St Neot’s Road in Harold Hill with a knife still plunged into her body after two men were seen rushing away. Via: Girl scout posted birthday message to father hours before she was knifed to Read more
Emma Bunton and her long-term fiancé Jade Jones are finally planning to tie-the-knot after giving notice of intent to marry. Via: Emma Bunton heads inside London registry office to give notice of intent to marry Jade Jones
The 25-year-old’s correspondence with married English socialite Freya Dudley Ward showed a different side to the benevolent persona he portrayed in public during his 1920 tour of Australia. Via: Edward VIII’s racism and hatred of ‘filthy, nauseating’ Australian Aboriginals is detailed