Nearly half of women transport workers have been sexually harassed at work, according to a new survey. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) Union questioned… Read More »Almost half of women transport workers sexually harassed, survey suggests
Pensioners have started receiving payments of up to £600 to help them with the cost of living throughout the winter. The government says around 11.5… Read More »Pensioners start receiving £600 winter fuel payment
Amazon workers in the UK are to go on strike today to coincide with Black Friday – one of the company’s busiest shopping days of… Read More »Black Friday strike ‘turning point in Amazon’s history’
The energy price cap is to rise to an average annual £1,928 from January, the sector’s regulator has announced. Ofgem said a typical household paying… Read More »Average annual energy bill to rise by £94 from January, regulator announces
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it has agreed a deal for Sam Altman to return as chief executive after he was ousted by its board. The… Read More »Ousted Sam Altman to return as OpenAI chief executive
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has sued the watchdog group Media Matters alleging it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white… Read More »Elon Musk sues watchdog group after major companies pull ads
Taxes on personal income are set to go down in Wednesday’s autumn statement and reduce again in the spring budget, as the chancellor focuses on… Read More »Taxes on personal income set to fall in autumn statement
There will be a lot of positive talk from the chancellor when he delivers his autumn statement on Wednesday, but this will be a fiscal… Read More »The chancellor, the autumn statement… and the fantasy of tax cuts
Major US companies including Disney, Warner Bros and NBC parent company Comcast have pulled advertising from X (formerly Twitter) amid a row over Elon Musk’s… Read More »Disney pulls ads from X after Musk apparently endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory
In the narrow lanes around Aldham in Essex the countryside is close to the English ideal. On an unseasonably warm mid-October day the fields recede… Read More »Why electricity pylons in Essex are the front line in the battle to hit net zero