Angela Rayner has said she intends to “fix” the Right to Buy scheme and make it a “fair system” for taxpayers and tenants. Speaking at a Labour conference fringe event in Liverpool, the Deputy Prime Minister suggested that changes had to be made to the scheme to secure “social housingContinue Reading
People with a peanut allergy should continue to avoid eating products containing mustard as investigations are still underway to try and find the contaminated products, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has stressed. The agency issued the urgent allergy advice earlier this week and began working with the relevant local authorities,Continue Reading
A food company affected by an allergy alert over contaminated mustard ingredients has said that no peanuts have been detected in its products. Leicester-based FGS Ingredients carried out additional tests across its ingredients after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) this week told people with a peanut allergy to avoid eatingContinue Reading
Nationalising water firms would cost the taxpayer more than £99 billion – but the Government has “no intention” to do it, a minister has claimed. Baroness Hayman of Ullock said the estimate was based on Ofwat’s regulatory capital value (RCV) figures, the value of the regulated part of England’s waterContinue Reading
Global stock markets tumbled on Friday, with the UK’s top index wiping out gains from the previous day after the dust settled on a week dominated by central bank activity. London’s FTSE 100 fell 98.73 points, or 1.19%, to end the week at 8,229.99. Almost every stock on the blue-chipContinue Reading
LinkedIn has paused training generative AI models using data from UK users after engaging with the UK’s data protection regulator. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said on Friday that it had received confirmation from the professional networking platform that it had “suspended” AI model training based on data from UKContinue Reading
Construction group ISG, which was in the middle of numerous government projects including work to prisons, has collapsed into administration in the UK. The majority of its 2,400 employees have been made redundant after the UK business appointed joint administrators at EY, and shut down its sites immediately. The constructionContinue Reading
People with a peanut allergy have been warned to avoid eating products containing mustard because they may have been contaminated. Mustard ingredients can be found in food such as dips, sauces, salads and pre-packed sandwiches, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said. Such mustard products could contain traces of peanut, potentially causingContinue Reading
Health and safety experts are calling for urgent action to tackle an “epidemic” of long working hours. It follows a study by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) which suggested that one in two workers are putting in two extra hours without pay every week. A survey ofContinue Reading
The Welsh Government is weighing the introduction of tax breaks to stem the tide of people leaving the country, particularly from rural areas, and to preserve the Welsh language. Inspired by the Castilla-La Mancha region in Spain, where a 25 per cent income tax reduction is offered to residents inContinue Reading
