Parental Leave: Major employers agree to publish policies in bid to tackle gender inequality
Lib Dem deputy leader Jo Swinson is pushing for all companies with more than 250 employees to make parental leave and pay details public.
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How councils are starting to tackle dire work conditions in the care sector
Carers face poverty wages, precarious employment and isolation, limiting their ability to help vulnerable people.
Campaigners to challenge Tories on refusal to hold inquiry into Brexit cheating
The Prime Minister could be forced to launch a public inquiry into overspending by the Vote Leave campaign through a judicial review.
Cleaners at Goldsmiths University to be brought in-house in latest win for outsourced workers
Cleaners at Goldsmiths will now be made university staff. However some have already lost their jobs.
Anti-racism group: Boris’ burka comments caused a spike in hate crime against Muslim women
The Tory politician has normalised racism, and may have made the unacceptable seem acceptable to people with underlying prejudices, says charity.
Social housing green paper slammed for failing to include new affordable homes
The Tories should be building at least 30,000 new affordable homes each year. Last year they built less than 6,000.
Nurses demand union leaders stand down in row over pay deal
With the NHS pay deal failing to deliver what it promised, thousands of nurses have lost faith in their union.
UKIP refused to cooperate with personal data investigation, says ICO
Every other political party cooperated fully with the investigators.
Academies still wasting taxpayers’ money, say MPs
Education ministers must change the way they scrutinise prospective academies to ensure the schools will actually improve learning and won’t just squander taxpayers’ money, a damning new report has found.
Edinburgh university offers new Vice Chancellor a staggering £410k – as lecturers fight 40% cut to pensions
Tactless pay hike comes as staff at 61 universities, including Edinburgh, prepare to strike over pensions.