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Always on call: the problem of zero hour contracts
Andrew Tromans is a History and Politics student at the University of Sheffield. For many people the notion of a 9-5 job, Saturdays and Sunday for leisure and even basic employment rights such as maternity leave are just not atest
US Politics Digest: Obama announces cabinet picks, Biden prepares gun control package and more
Obama rolls out cabinet nominations President Obama has announced his nominees for key cabinet vacancies, including secretary of defence, secretary of the treasury and director of the Central Intelligence Agency. At a White House press conference on Thursday, Obama unveiled White Housetest
“Somnishambles”: Skills Minister misses TV interview after oversleeping
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has admitted that he was late for a Daybreak interview because he overslept. As skills minister he was going to discuss the government’s latest plans on how young unemployed people could be made more employable. Hancocktest
Inquiry clears Salmond on EU advice but attacks him for “muddled” thinking
Alex Salmond was yesterday cleared of misleading the public over the Scottish Government’s stance in relation to the position of an independent Scotland within the European Union. In October, the First Minister referred himself to be investigated by Sir Davidtest
Report says academies may “fuel social segregation”
The already controversial academy school scheme has today seen more criticism levelled at it; some academies have been accused of manipulating their admissions so as to choose the kind of students they want. As a result of a report releasedtest
Delingpole debunked by Met Office
James Delingpole is in trouble after the Met Office has eviscerated a number of claims he made in a bizarre Daily Mail article. The Met Office writes: “This article contains a series of factual inaccuracies about the Met Office andtest
Up to half of all food produced is wasted
Research shows that 1.2 to 2 billion tonnes of food are wasted each year. Shockingly, this means that it could be possible that as much as half of all food produced in the world is wasted. As the Institute oftest
Upcoming elections in 2013
Israel Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to win re-election on January 22nd. National opinion polls show that Likud and its electoral partnership with the nationalist party Yisrael Beiteinu are in a strong position, and it looks likely they will be abletest
Cameron warned over EU again, this time by the US
David Cameron’s stance on Europe has come repeatedly under fire recently. Yesterday, Left Foot Forward reported on both business leaders and Ireland having criticised Cameron’s wish to renegotiate terms with the EU. Business leaders criticised the tenacity of his beliefs,test
Comment: After 60,000 deaths in Syria, why aren’t we acting?
The general conversation on Syria has been rather quiet of late; and Syria has noticed. One Syrian blogger in Homs, referenced by CNN, recently noted that attempts by the international community are too little, too late, saying: “Syrians are doingtest