How UK wages are stagnating
Boris Johnson has promised a “high-wage economy”, but pay growth was flat in the year to October.
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UK sick pay remains among the lowest in Europe
British employees are entitled to just £96.35 a week in sick pay, one of the least generous rates in the…
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The UK now has the highest Covid-19 case rate of any G7 country
Britain has suffered a renewed surge in coronavirus cases following the discovery of the Omicron variant.
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Tory poll lead hit hard by the Downing Street Christmas party revelations
All three of the recent surveys now show Labour ahead of the Conservatives – one by as much as six…
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Why the advice to work from home won’t stop the Omicron variant from spreading
At the height of the lockdowns last year, only 38 per cent of the country’s workers were at home full-time.
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More than 100,000 fines for breaking lockdown restrictions have been handed out
The figures include 3,528 fines for gathering indoors, and fines of up to £10,000 for people hosting large gatherings.
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How big could the Olympic boycott get?
The US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing would be the first Olympics snub since 1988.
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Germany’s new government could help bring an end to coal in the EU
The country’s target of phasing out the fossil fuel completely means electricity generation from coal in the EU is projected…
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