Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said that many thousands of new members had joined since the lockdown, and he urged the government to involve trade unions’ “army of safety reps…
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When figures from the political right do extraordinary stuff like whitewash the legacy of one of Britain’s most notorious antisemitic Nazi-sympathisers, or spread Jewish “puppetmaster” conspiracies, they get a total…
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Boris Johnson has authorised a “compensation” payment of almost £250,000 to the outgoing cabinet secretary, Sir Mark Sedwill, after he agreed to step down in September. The UK’s top civil servant…
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Coronavirus test may be taxed says HMRC.
8 July 2020The Chancellor has promised to ‘very quickly’ consider whether workers given coronavirus tests by their employers should be taxed for the ‘benefit’. Rishi Sunak said he will look at whether…
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Next month marks the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year in several US states, and pressure is mounting to reopen schools even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Florida, for example,…
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Is parking made available free for MPs & Peers
8 July 2020In 2013 a freedom of information request was submitted regarding the Palace of Westminster car park permits and MPs’ (and peers’) transport arrangements. Another request was submitted in 2015. Members…
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A cashless society, what does it mean ?
8 July 2020What is a Cashless Society ? A Cashless society is an economic concept where financial transactions are executed in an electronic format rather using banknote. In a cashless society, each…
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Entrepreneur Simon Dolan, lost his bid to bring a High Court challenge against the government over the coronavirus lockdown. Mr Dolan raised more than £200,000 via crowdfunding to seek a…
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BELGRADE, Serbia — Thousands of protesters tried to storm the parliament building in Belgrade on Tuesday after the Serbian president announced that a coronavirus lockdown will be reintroduced in the…
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Dear Rishi Sunak
8 July 2020In the next months you have the opportunity to make the UK Economy among the strongest in the world, and every pound you invest at the most necessary level comes…