The Commission recently launched the second round of discussions with trade unions and employers' organisations at the EU level, on how to support access to social protection for all people in employment and in self-employment. This is yet another important step forward in making the European Pillar of Social Rights a reality on the ground, and only […]
In and amongst tomorrow’s autumn budget announcement from UK Chancellor Philip Hammond, questions have been raised regarding housing, property and first-time buyers. The Help to Buy scheme is set to end in 2020, that’s just over two years away. So what does the future of the UK property conundrum look like? This week’s Your Thoughts […]
The House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned that the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, the first Brexit Bill to be scrutinised by the House of Lords, contains inappropriately broad powers for ministers. The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill is intended to provide a new, long-term legal basis for ministers to make secondary legislation concerning […]
As Phillip Hammond gets ready for the Budget, experts at BDO expect few giveaways or surprises as the Chancellor builds a Brexit war chest to prepare for the uncertainty to come. Paul Falvey, a tax partner at accountancy and business advisory firm BDO, says: “Hammond’s hands are not only tied by Brexit uncertainty, they are […]
In 2015, Prime Minister, David Cameron vowed to “end the gender pay gap in a generation”. In April this year, the government set out new rules forcing every company that employs more than 250 people to publish their pay differences by April 2018. This new legislation followed from Iceland, after it was announced that the […]
Supplying rebels in Yemen with missiles was “direct military aggression by the Iranian regime,” declared Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz last week. Following this statement, Girish Thanki, solicitor at Stuart Miller, has provided Lawyer Monthly with a short breakdown of the current conflict and the situation in the middle east between Iran […]
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