Green for go! Rishi Sunak’s £3billion eco jobs boost pays workers to plant trees, clean up rivers and install insulation as part of the Chancellor’s mini Budget to rev up the faltering economy Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set aside £3billion for a green employment package It is focused on cutting emissions, improving environment and creating … Read more
Clothes workers in Leicester are being paid as little as £3.50 an hour to produce items for some of the UK’s biggest fashion brands, an investigation has uncovered. At a factory named as Jaswal Fashions, where clothes at bound for online giant Boohoo and Nasty Gal, employees are said to work for less than half … Read more
Staveley case: Barclays paid Qataris to ‘help set up other deals’ By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 4 July 2020 Barclays paid Qatari investors extra fees in its 2008 bailout because it expected them to help set up other deals, its former chief … Read more
Showbiz veteran Hazel Phillips was paid just $350 a week while her male contemporaries Don Lane and Graham Kennedy earned $5,000… but she still ‘thought it was great’ By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:16 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 00:32 BST, 2 July 2020 Showbiz veteran Hazel Phillips has revealed how … Read more
Tributes are paid to 20-year-old man who died after swimming with friends at Scottish beauty spot Keivan Ulhaq ‘got into difficulty in water’ at Lochore Meadows, near Lochgelly, Fife, last night Bystanders pulled him from the water and emergency services were called around 6pm He was taken to Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, but died a short … Read more
Russian oligarch’s ex-wife fighting to get her hands on £450m she was awarded in UK’s biggest-ever divorce hasn’t been paid enough money to ‘purchase a bag of crisps’, court hears Tatiana Akhmedova has been fighting in British courts to get the millions owed In 2016 she was awarded 41.5 per cent share of Farkhad Akhmedov … Read more
Domestic abuse victims could get paid leave from work under Government scheme to crack down on the crime Victims of domestic abuse could get paid leave under a Government crackdown This would help them maintain economic independence while escaping partners The regulations would allow victims to seek professional help, move house, etc. By Ian Drury Home … Read more
Tyson Fury has enjoyed an incredible rise back to the top table of sporting superiority, something that was truly unimaginable just a few years ago. Back in 2017, the Gypsy King was banned from the sport he adores for testing positive for a banned substance while struggling with mental health problems – and his career … Read more
Peers to be paid ‘£160 just for clicking a button’ under remote-voting plans from House of Lords officials House of Lords peers to get £162 a day for voting online by touching a button Peers are not even being encouraged to return to Westminster after Whitsun Conservative MP says the public will be rightly outraged if … Read more
A slump in demand for power over the bank holiday weekend saw some electric car owners make money when charging their vehicles, it has been revealed. That came as wholesale electricity prices turned negative because of lower demand and sunny and windy weather increasing renewable energy production. For some customers of Octopus Energy, this meant … Read more