July 2018

Reduced hours for same pay increased work-life balance by 24%, cutting stress levels and boosting commitment The New Zealand company behind a landmark trial of a four-day working week has concluded it an unmitigated success, with 78% of employees feeling they were able to successfully manage their work-life balance, an Read more

Ex-minister withdraws letter of no confidence and backbenchers rally after Commons onslaught Boris Johnson has used a stinging resignation speech to tell MPs that it was “not too late to save Brexit” but stopped short of a leadership challenge to Theresa May’s battered premiership.The former foreign secretary, who resigned from Read more

‘There is a real possibility that there will be a similar increase in reports in 2019 if, as is anticipated by the Government, the United Kingdom formally leaves the European Union’ Via: Watchdog cautions on police response to hate crime and warns of post Brexit surge in reports

Campaigners welcome announcement but say it shouldn’t be necessary to take government department to court to achieve justice for people who have been failed by ‘avoidable’ errors Via: Government makes U-turn by announcing it will pay back thousands of disability benefit claimants in full

Exclusive: ‘Nationally commissioned employment and skills services have failed to work with them, and have failed to support people who face the greatest barriers to work’ Via: Government 'must do more' after revelation housing associations pay tens of millions to help unemployed