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Businesses must invest in midlife and older workers to unlock economic growth, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »

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HRH The Princess Royal is the new BASC Patron

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is delighted to announce Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal as the Association’s new Patron.   In response to her acceptance, BASC Council chairman, Eoghan Cameron, said: “We are privileged that The Princess Royal has accepted the invitation to become our new Patron. The news has been warmly welcomed… Read more »

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Some are still worried drivers who kill may escape prison
No jail for careless driver killers

Drivers whose carelessness results in death will not receive jail sentences under new guidelines published today. The draft guidelines, which are up for consultation from today, recommend at least seven years in jail for those who flagrantly commit driving offences resulting in death. Although parliament sets the maximum punishments available to the courts through legislation… Read more »

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Doctors have attacked prison management
Doctors attack prison healthcare

A year of “political failure” has led to prisons being turned into “just a holding pen for criminals”, the British Medical Association has said. A report published today attacks the government for neglecting the problems of prison doctors, blaming insufficient funding and the spread of illegal narcotics throughout UK prisons for exacerbating the crisis. “The… Read more »