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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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

The documentary that built the mystique of the Royal Mail's night-time rail service contains almost as much fiction as fact. Source link

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. …

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 …

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: …

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 …

  By Julie Waters DONAGHADEE postman Ian Stubbs, known for his ‘big smile whatever the weather’, has made his final delivery after 40 years dedicated service. The local postie, who began delivering the mail around the picturesque seaside town in 1983, has hung up his post bag for the last …