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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 Alex Stevenson Middle Eastern peace hopes are focused on London today as Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu meets US envoy George Mitchell. The pair will hold talks in a hotel somewhere in the capital on the extent to which Israel is prepared to halt its settlements in the West Bank. Media reports have suggested… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Incumbent Afghan president Hamid Karzai has a lead of just two points after the first results from last week’s elections were announced. Mr Karzai took 40.6 per cent of the first ten per cent of votes to foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah’s 38.6 per cent, the AFP news agency reported. Final results of… Read more »
