Heathrow staff are set to walk out tomorrow in first of four strikes over wage cuts

Heathrow staff are set to walk out tomorrow in the first of four strikes over ‘savage’ pay cuts as the aviation sector endures the worst crisis in its history.  Members of the Unite union, including firefighters and security staff, planned the 24-hour strikes following a dispute over what union bosses described as the west London … Read more

Nurses and doctors are spared public sector wage freeze

Public sector pay will be frozen next year – but nurses, doctors and the lowest-paid will still get a rise, Rishi Sunak said yesterday. The Chancellor said he could not justify a ‘significant, across-the-board’ hike for the public sector given the difficulties faced by private firms. Many businesses, particularly in retail and hospitality, have been devastated … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘set to cancel proposed 5.6% rise in the national living wage for two million workers’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘is set to cancel proposed 5.6% rise in the national living wage for two million workers’ amid fears it could force firms hit by Covid-19 out of business Plans to raise national living wage by five per cent next April will be put on hold Decision means many frontline workers will see … Read more

We love being paid a mummy salary by our hubbies! Wives insist being given a ‘wage’ is empowering

A generation or two ago, a woman going cap in hand to her husband for ‘housekeeping’ money or ‘a little something to keep me pretty’, without earning a penny herself, was pretty much the norm. Nowadays, most wives would baulk at the idea of being in the pay of her other half. Yet, in some marriages, … Read more

I’m A Celebrity pay packets ‘revealed’ as ‘Vernon Kay bags the highest wage with £150k’

The pay packets of this year’s I’m A Celebrity contestants have reportedly been revealed with Vernon Kay coming out on top as the highest earner, while AJ Pritchard will bag the lowest wage. Though the official line-up for the ITV show has yet to be unveiled, a host of celebrities of stars including Vernon, AJ, … Read more

Planned rise in minimum wage to £9.21 per hour is set to be scrapped

Planned rise in minimum wage to £9.21 per hour is set to be scrapped because UK ‘can’t afford it’ after coronavirus pandemic The living wage was expected to rise from £8.72 to to £9.21 per hour in April However, Chancellor Rishi Sunak could be forced to pull back on the plan Low Pay Commission has … Read more

Army of tiny injectable marching robots set to wage war on disease

An army of microscopic robots thinner than a human hair have been created that can be injected into the body to wage war on disease, researchers claim. It resembles the plot of sixties film Fantastic Voyage in which a vehicle was injected into a patient. Scientists inside destroyed his blood clot – with a laser … Read more

Ladbrokes chiefs hit jackpot…as YOU pay wage bill

Ladbrokes Coral owner GVC sparks backlash after it hands top bosses share bonuses despite furloughing all 14,000 staff at its betting shops By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 13 June 2020 Ladbrokes Coral owner GVC has sparked a backlash after it handed top bosses … Read more

UK Airline industry wants wage subsidy scheme extended

Britain’s airline industry urging Government to extend £40bn wage subsidy scheme as it warns of a ‘cash crisis’ By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 26 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 26 April 2020 Britain’s airline industry is urging the Government to extend the £40 billion wage subsidy scheme as it … Read more