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With a lust for freebies and hobbled by infighting, Labour look like the Tories 2.0

The prime minister promised a government a world apart from Rishi Sunak’s, yet the similarities are mounting

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024

How much do MPs earn? Sue Gray paid more than Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

The PM’s chief of staff’s pay rise has reportedly angered Labour Party special advisers

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2024

Keir Starmer accused of handing ‘gold-plated pension’ to Sue Gray as pensioners brace for winter fuel cut

Conservative Party has claimed prime minister had ‘snatched away support for the vulnerable’ while handing large pensions to his senior officials

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024

OPINION - Civil servants must return to the office; working from home isn't working

It seems ministers are “quietly ignoring” the Conservatives’ rule that civil servants should be in the office three days a week. It’s not much to ask for a nice, safe job and pension provision that the rest of us can only hanker after. But nope. Labour, once the party of…

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024

Man behind term presenteeism blasts RTO bosses as 'dinosaurs'

A work psychology guru says Amazon's RTO mandate goes against the evidence and won't improve productivity.

Fortune · Sep 18, 2024

Teachers will be allowed to work from home in Labour plan to boost recruitment

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson hopes increased flexibility will stop women leaving teaching profession, it has been reported

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024

Work from home battle raging again but it’s employees who are left torn and confused

As the government rails against presenteeism, Amazon is ordering people back into the office. With the ideological battle fiercer than ever, who will emerge victorious, asks Helen Coffey

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024

Expert who coined presenteeism term says employers who force staff back are dinosaurs

Academic who coined the word presenteesim says ‘micromanagers’ will not attract talent and may harm productivity

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: It's time to pedestrianise Oxford Street

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Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2024

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s attacks on working from home were ‘bizarre’, says Labour

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says government is pressing ahead with plans for new flexible working laws

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024