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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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James Purnell sought to unify Labour supporters in his speech to conference this afternoon by presenting them with the consequences of defeat at the next election. The work and pensions secretary reminded party supporters of the “ghosts” of past defeats and the “bitter frustration” of being out of government. Mr Purnell said the party had… Read more »
Foreign secretary David Miliband believes a “corrosive sense of fatalism” is affecting British society. Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour party conference in Manchester, Mr Miliband warned that “the biggest task of this conference is to combat this sense of fatalism”. He told a Fabian Society audience the pessimism shown before the Olympics… Read more »
