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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 »
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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By politics.co.uk staff The government’s plans for higher education will see universities facing “an era of survival of the fittest” as they deal with huge financial risk, a union has warned. The University and Colleges Union (UCU) has released a report, just one day before the crunch vote on fees in the Commons, showing vulnerabilities… Read more »
By Peter Wozniak Gordon Brown has spoken of banks’ ‘chronic recklessness’ in extracts from his new book. The former prime minister’s work, entitled ‘Beyond the Crash’, is currently being serialised in the Guardian – and reveals he felt “misled” over the weaknesses in the Royal Bank of Scotland, now owned predominantly by the taxpayer. In… Read more »
