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Firms Advised to Get Help with Apprenticeship Levy

24th January 2018
Firms should get expert help to make the apprenticeship levy work for them, says a training specialist. Chris Wood, CEO of Develop Training Ltd (DTL), was commenting as a government inquiry prepares to hear views about the levy introduced in April last year. Many of those views are likely to be critical with some businesses […]
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Attacks on Lawyers by Agents of the State Must Stop

24th January 2018
Hard international law is needed to protect lawyers who have been subject to threats and attacks, often carried out by state agencies and individuals, including assault, harassment, imprisonment, surveillance, enforced disappearance, and even murder, the Bar Council has said. The call comes ahead of a crucial vote in Strasbourg tomorrow where UK members of the […]
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Your Thoughts: NHS Staffing Future

23rd January 2018
Recent reports suggest that the NHS is under grave staffing danger, as its ‘haemorrhaging’ nurses with one in 10 leaving the service each year. This appears to be a 20% rise since 2012-13, and there are now more people leaving the NHS than there are joining. The figures from NHS Digital mean that in the […]
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Government Must Learn Lessons from Carillion’s Alarming Pension Liabilities

22nd January 2018
The government and its agencies must learn lessons from the Carillion collapse – and quickly - to address the inherent weaknesses of many UK final salary pension schemes, affirms deVere Group. Nigel Green, the Founder and CEO of deVere Group, is speaking out after Sky News reported that “Carillion's pension deficit…was as high as £2.6bn, a far […]
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The New US Tax Law, Explained with Cereal

16th January 2018
There’s a new tax law in town. It passed without a single vote from Democrats in the House or the Senate, and it’s a huge windfall for the richest Americans, including President Donald Trump. But Republicans didn’t just want any new tax law, they wanted to reform the tax code. To give the richest Americans […]
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UN Claims Brexit Bill Could Break International Law

11th January 2018
The UK Government’s Brexit bill, which is currently making its way through the lower chamber, is being considered by the UN as to whether it breaks international law by failing to consult the public over its legislation. The complaint originated from Friends of the Earth (FoE), an environmental campaigning community, which noted that the withdrawal […]
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EHRC Changes Its Mind About Gender Pay Gap Regulations Enforcement

10th January 2018
Below Lorraine Heard, Legal Director at transatlantic law Womble Bond Dickinson, explains why the EHRC is currently raising questions in a public consultation regarding its own powers to enforce gender pay gap regulations. Under the Equality Act 2006, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has a range of enforcement powers to ensure compliance with […]
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