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The Flexible After Fifty report calls for greater flexible working support for people over age 50 to be more active in the workforce

A new report from the 50+ Choices Roundtable shows how businesses, older workers and the wider UK economy would all benefit from employers and government prioritising greater flexibility in the workplace. The Flexible After Fifty report, from the members of the 50+ Choices Roundtable, shows that nearly three quarters (72%) of over-50s are seeking flexible… Read more »

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MDU welcomes GMC apology over historic homophobic laws

Today the GMC has issued a formal apology for taking regulatory action against a number of doctors because they had convictions based on sexuality. The GMC has said it is ‘truly sorry’ for compounding the harm caused by homophobic laws and attitudes, that were in place into the 1980s and beyond. Reacting to the news, Dr Caroline… Read more »

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Prime Minister denies WMD 'spin'
Prime Minister denies WMD ‘spin’

The Prime Minister has angrily denied claims that the Iraq weapons dossier was manipulated to garner support for the war on Iraq. Speaking from the G8 summit of world leaders in Evian, France, Mr Blair insisted that the public had not been misled by claims of evidence about purported weapons of mass destruction. The Prime… Read more »

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Blair highlights 'momentum' on developing world
Blair highlights ‘momentum’ on developing world

The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has stated that the G8 Summit has ‘recognised the urgency’ of the humanitarian situation facing Ethiopia. The Group of Eight of the world’s richest nations leaders met in the French spa of Evian on Sunday and today to discuss the humanitarian and AIDS crisis in the developing world and the… Read more »