The owner of the Port Talbot steelworks is preparing to mount a defence of its decision to cut thousands of jobs at the south Wales plant, and float the possibility of creating more UK jobs in future, during testimony to MPs this week. The Indian conglomerate Tata confirmed this month that it planned to close … Read more
Unemployed young people are having to turn down jobs because they cannot afford associated costs such as clothes and transport, a Prince’s Trust study has found. The research found that the rising cost of living for young people was “threatening the aspirations of an entire generation”. The trust’s annual NatWest Youth Index 2024, which will … Read more
Channel 4 is set to announce plans to cut almost 250 jobs as the British broadcaster adjusts to the decline in demand for advertising. The job cuts represent about 15% of the 1,300 workforce of full-time staff. Employees will be informed by chief executive Alex Mahon this week, Sky News first reported. The redundancies would … Read more
Jeremy Hunt was dealt a poor hand when he entered No 11 in October 2022. The public finances were in a mess after Liz Truss and her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, had splurged £45bn on tax cuts in a mini-budget that was considered so reckless it spooked financial markets. Interest rates spiralled higher, leaving Hunt to … Read more
As soon as Roxanne de Bastion comes off stage, there is one thing on her mind – getting down to run her merchandise stall. “The quicker the better – sometimes it feels a bit like those scenes in Spinal Tap, rushing down corridors to find how to get there,” said the singer-songwriter, whose latest album … Read more
Labour has criticised “dither and delay” from the government over a decision on a proposed takeover of the UK’s largest semiconductor facility by a US company, warning that it could lead to further job cuts at the Welsh factory. The fate of Newport Wafer Fab in south Wales has been unclear for nearly two years … Read more
(The Hill) — After being grounded earlier this month to go through inspections, Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners are returning to the skies weeks after a midair blowout occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight. Alaska Airlines began to resume commercial flights on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners on Friday afternoon with a flight from … Read more
Angela Rayner has accused the Conservatives of cynically applying a “sticking plaster” to council finances to get through the next election, as local authority leaders warn that more will go bust next year. The shadow communities secretary said Labour was “under no illusions” about the financial mess it would inherit in local councils if it … Read more
The government is considering handing workers another tax cut with a further reduction in national insurance, amid desperate attempts to move on from a campaign to destabilise Rishi Sunak by the Tory right. With frustration within the cabinet that the Conservative party has been unable to free itself from internal warring over Sunak’s immigration plans … Read more
It is set to be the driest January in living memory. Drinks sales in pubs and bars have plunged. Rising numbers of people are drinking low or no-alcohol. And new data indicates that even older people are joining teens and twentysomethings by giving up booze. With three days to go, this has been a grim … Read more
