Firefighters vote for mandate for strike action
Firefighters across the UK have delivered a decisive mandate for strike action, with 88% voting Yes on a 73% turnout.
Two separate simultaneous ballots, in...
Up to £10,000 fine if you fail to self isolate
People will be required by law to self-isolate from 28 September, supported by payment of £500 for those on lower incomes who cannot work...
Lineker is back and gets an apology from the Director General
Gary Lineker is to return to the airways with Match of the Day this Saturday after being taken off air over his tweets criticising...
Most Brits still yearn for a good old fashioned handwritten card at Christmas
Sentimental Brits would prefer to receive a Christmas card than a text or email this festive season, a study has found.
Researchers found despite the...
Retailers urge PM to tighten laws to curb abuse of shop workers
100 of the UK’s leading retailers have written to the Prime Minister calling on him to support an amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing...
Johnson confirms no more Covid restrictions before Xmas
In a video posted on social media and released by Downing Street, the Prime Minister said "people can go ahead with their Christmas plans"...
Hospitality tipping law needed as Pizza Express becomes latest restaurant to unfairly deduct staff...
he government must introduce long promised legislation to prevent employers ripping off tips given to staff, Unite, the UK’s leading union, has said after...
Government to bring in ‘Jack’s Law’ giving two weeks leave for bereaved parents
Parents who suffer the devastating loss of a child will be entitled to two weeks’ statutory leave.
The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Regulations, which...
Cost of living crisis is impacting on more deprived area ONS survey finds
People in the country’s most deprived areas are getting hit more severely by the cost of living crisis
Figures released this morning by the Office...
MP’s raise serious doubts over whether State Pension is being paid accurately
There are serious doubts over whether the State Pension is being paid accurately.
Following huge successive underpayments going back decades leaving pensioners out of pocket...