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Benefits
‘I don’t do a monthly shop any more’: life with unpredictable working hours
“Obviously I never know what I’m going to be paid each week,” says Jessica Burns, a mother of three young children from Salford.Burns, who is 30, enjoys her job...
Business
Automatically enrol young staff into workplace pension schemes, says IFS
Employees as young as 16 should be automatically enroled into workplace pensions and there is a strong case...
Benefits
Winter fuel: 780,000 UK pensioners entitled to payment will lose it
About 780,000 pensioners who need the winter fuel payment will lose out on it when Labour begins means-testing...
Doctors
Streeting urges doctors to ‘stop sabre-rattling’ and work with him to fix NHS
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has urged doctors to work with the government on its plans to change...
Breastfeeding
Painful memories of the struggle to breastfeed | Letters
Reading Niamh Campbell’s article on breastfeeding brought back painful memories for me (‘Like a cheese grater raking across...
Bolt drivers seek to be classed as workers at London employment tribunal
Drivers working for Bolt, the ride-hailing app operator, are seeking to be classed as workers rather than self-employed contractors at an employment tribunal.More than...
Renting in England is like trying to buy Oasis tickets – Labour’s solutions only go so far | Tom Darling
Are you a forty- or fiftysomething who recently spent your whole Saturday in a queue for Oasis tickets, only to discover that, as you...
Save the Children pulls out of Science Museum event over sponsor concerns
Save the Children has pulled out of an event at the Science Museum in London after coming under pressure from its supporters over the...
Kate’s recovery is great news – but be wary of a soft-focus view of life after chemo | Hilary Osborne
I am trying to imagine what a film announcing my recovery from cancer would have looked like. Probably a bit like a trailer for...
Death of the corkscrew? Only 27% of young people in UK own one, report says
It was once an essential piece of kit in every kitchen but, like the corks that gave it a reason to exist, tastemakers are...
‘People’s futures on the line’ amid surge in youth unemployment, unions warn
Youth unemployment has risen to a post-pandemic high as unions warned that “young people’s futures are on the line” amid a widespread struggle to...