by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Economy, Employment
Business Secretary Vince Cable is to announce today that the maximum total fine for those employers who don’t pay the minimum wage will rise from £5,000 to £20,000. Cable has stated that “The message is clear – if you break the law, you will face...
by Chris Rogers | 14 Jan 2014 | Outsourcing
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond MP has confirmed the failure of an IT system designed to overhaul Army recruitment. It was reported that the problems would cost the Ministry of Defence up to £15.5m, but the Defence Secretary insisted the Government had so far written...
by Chris Rogers | 14 Jan 2014 | Justice, Outsourcing
Private firms will not be permitted to supervise prisoners deemed as “high risk” when the Probation Service outsources contracts to run offender management services, according to draft guidance seen by The Guardian. Criminals who have committed offences...
by Chris Rogers | 14 Jan 2014 | Politics, Welfare
Labour Leader Ed Miliband has written in an article that the party would “rebuild” the UK’s middle class. Miliband said that middle class families are facing a “crisis of confidence” over falling living standards and added that Britain needed a “strong and...
by Chris Rogers | 14 Jan 2014 | Employment
Freedom of Information requests submitted by the Labour Party have found that spending on locum doctors to work in A&E units has risen by 60% in three years, from £52 million in 2009-10 to £83.3 million last year. Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter noted that this...
