The Prince and Princess of Wales ‘intensely mirrored’ one another as they visited the bereaved families of the Southport stabbing victims, a body language expert has claimed. The unannounced trip to Merseyside was William and Kate’s first joint official outing since the princess’s course of chemotherapy cancer treatment ended in …
Read More »Advisers able to check gender pension gap with Aegon update
Advisers will be able to get a better insight into Aegon’s workplace pension schemes with upgrades to its governance tool. Enhancements to its member insights tool, launched five years ago, gives employers and advisers the chance to get a better view of pension schemes and monitor member outcomes. It now includes an industry …
Read More »New report reveals how Derbyshire families with special needs children have been failed
A new report details a litany of council errors that have led to more than a quarter of a million pounds in compensation being paid to Derbyshire families who have children with special educational needs. The report from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, largely details the complaints received …
Read More »Royal fans gush over ‘beautiful’ Kate Middleton as Princess joins Prince William for first public engagement since finishing chemotherapy
Royal fans have been left emotional after the Princess of Wales made a surprise visit with her husband to meet the bereaved families of the Southport stabbing victims. In her most significant public engagement to date this year, Kate, 42, joined Prince William to meet with the families of Bebe King, six, …
Read More »Lord Walney Keeps His Job, for Now
John Woodcock AKA Lord Walney, the government’s nominally “independent” advisor on political disruption, remains in his job after a weird week of media speculation and seemingly contradictory government briefings over the status of his role. The former Labour MP authored a government report, published shortly before the election, on how …
Read More »How Britain was duped into falling for the romance of Auden's 'Night Mail' – The Telegraph
The documentary that built the mystique of the Royal Mail's night-time rail service contains almost as much fiction as fact. Source link
Read More »Royal Mail company failed to review couriers’ employment status for seven years, IWGB says
A ROYAL MAIL company has been accused of continuing to misclassify couriers as self-employed contractors seven years after vowing to review the practice. The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) union members at eCourier, the same-day delivery subsidiary, have now launched a strike ballot over the alleged misclassification, pay and bullying. …
Read More »Why Royal Mail’s decision to stop using trains is another nail in their coffin
Just possibly all is not lost. Maggie Simpson, director general of the Rail Freight Group, the umbrella organisation for the industry, reckons several companies may be interested in carrying mail: “I am optimistic that some of this traffic will eventually find its way back. Rail has so many advantages, notably …
Read More »MoD’s ‘ChatGPT’-style software to speed up military review could be attacked, critics fear
Prof Mariarosaria Taddeo, an Oxford University academic specialising in the ethics of defence technologies, told Politico: “It’s not a problem if AI is used to support decision-making, but the question is if it is used to support decision-making or if the AI is adopted without any critical thinking.” She added: …
Read More »My warning to Meghan: If you want your marriage to last, don’t emasculate once-proud Harry and turn him into a ‘plus one’ like I did to my ex-husband: AMANDA PLATELL
Decades after the end of my marriage, there’s a question I still ask myself. When my then husband John told me that he was ‘sick of living in my shadow’, why did I not show him more empathy? Instead, I said cruelly: ‘Then why don’t you try casting one of …
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