Ministers ‘plan to strengthen employee rights on working from home’

Law could change to allow Britons to work from home FOREVER: Ministers plan to strengthen employee rights to make flexible hours ‘the norm’ Ministers reportedly planning to strengthen employee rights to work from home Government expected to launch a consultation on flexible working later this year Comes after Boris Johnson said he believes cities will … Read more

Priti Patel slashes asylum rights for migrants who arrive illegally in crack down on crossings

Asylum rights will be slashed for migrants who arrive in Britain illegally under major reforms announced today. Priti Patel will introduce a ‘two-tier’ system in which those who come via unauthorised routes – such as crossing the Channel in small boats – are given far fewer privileges. Even if they have a legitimate claim to … Read more

Hipgnosis snaps up rights to 007 theme tune writer Carole Bayer Sager 

Nobody does better for Hipgnosis than Bond: Music firm snaps up rights from 007 theme tune composer Carole Bayer Sager By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 18 March 2021 Hipgnosis has snapped up rights from Carole Bayer Sager, the songwriter behind the James Bond … Read more

UK will hold trade talks with countries that have poor record on human rights, says Dominic Raab 

UK will hold trade talks with countries that have poor record on human rights, says Dominic Raab Raab warned ready to strike deals with countries not meeting Western standards Will say Britain show cement is role as ‘force for good in the world’ this decade Comes as PM claims Britain would use trade policy to … Read more

Can investors afford to ignore China despite its human rights record?

Britain now has the tricky task of striking a trade deal with China without turning a blind eye to the powerful nation’s dire human rights record. The Asian superpower is never far from controversy and is even considered a security threat to the UK economy. But where does this leave investors trading in China? Can … Read more

Women’s rights icon SHIRLEY CONRAN, now 88, is incandescent about broken social care promises

SHIRLEY CONRAN: As someone who is known as ‘Superwoman’, I never dreamt I would want to commit suicide As someone who is known as ‘Superwoman’, I never dreamt I would want to commit suicide.  I thought only weak-minded people did — not strong-minded people like me. But the night I decided it was easier to … Read more

What rights do shareholders have over companies they own?

Mark Northway is chairman of ShareSoc, a group that champions and lobbies on behalf of individual investors.  Here, he outlines what rights shareholders have over companies they own and how crucial it is to use them. Corporate culture: Using your shareholder rights will mould the character, behaviour and thinking of a company board for the … Read more

Biden spoke of human rights to Saudi’s King Salman

President Joe Biden raised human rights issues when he spoke to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Thursday but the White House didn’t say if the two men discussed murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In their conversation, President Biden ‘affirmed the importance the United States places on universal human rights and the rule of law,’ the White House … Read more

Hotel quarantine ‘guest’ claims policy is against her human rights

A British businessman who will be among first people to leave hotel quarantine at midnight tonight after flying in to the UK from Dubai unaware of the rules said today he ‘can’t wait’ to see his wife and children. Wayne Kelly was part of the initial batch of travellers taken straight from London Heathrow Airport … Read more