It is vital that employers are familiar with employment rights for all categories of workers as flexible working becomes more prevalent, says Karen Harvie A recent report from the Resolution Foundation think tank found that a significant number of workers do not get paid holidays or receive a payslip. The report revealed that workers over […]
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Battering ram Jack ready to put the Brexit boot in
STEVE SAMPSON on the Brexit Party’s new spin doctor, making waves before he has even opened his mouth. Jack Irvine, the new Brexit Party attack dog. He’ll be loving it. Back in the headlines. Attacked from all sides. The former Scottish Editor of The Sun, currently chairman of PR firm Media House, is the […]
Leonard homes in on ending the housing crisis
As I See It: Terry Murden There was a campaign a few years ago with the ambition to Make Poverty History. A dinner was held at the Glasgow Hilton where some of Scotland’s well-heeled entrepreneurs bid against each other for baubles they didn’t need to raise money for a project with good intentions. One self-made […]
Don’t expect a Christmas election full of goodwill to all men
Steve Sampson says the social media attack dogs have already claimed their first victims in what will be a nasty General Election ‘Hell is empty and all the devils are here’ – William Shakespeare, The Tempest You know it before it’s even started. This General Election will be the nastiest, most bitter and vitriolic ever. […]
Lies, damned lies and a flawed voting system that deceives us all
As I See It: Terry Murden Truth, they say, is the first casualty of war and it continues to be stretchered out of the political battlefield. Boris Johnson is slated as parliament’s principal fibber. He “can’t be trusted” declares Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the SNP’s warrior-in-chief Ian Blackford whose legal eagle colleague Joanna Cherry […]