‘Not the 1970s’: Minister slaps down four-day week calls from civil servants Politics Civil servants won’t get a four-day working week as we’re “not living in the 1970s”, the pensions minister has said. Emma Reynolds slapped down the demand from Whitehall bureaucrats on Times Radio, after it emerged staff at one department claimed the policy could save the government millions. Workers at the Department for Environment, Food and [...]
Labour conference: Reeves challenged over consumer ‘fear and foreboding’ Politics Rachel Reeves has been challenged over claims the government has “generated a fear and foreboding” among consumers – but insisted she was “optimistic” about the economy. Ahead of her keynote speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today, the Chancellor was challenged on Sky News over last week’s fall in consumer confidence to the [...]
‘Untenable’ that average Conservative voter is 63 years old, Mel Stride admits Politics The average Conservative voter being 63 years old is “completely untenable,” leadership hopeful Mel Stride has admitted. The shadow work and pensions secretary was asked by Times Radio about a poll which showed three in five people in the UK do not care who the next Conservative leader is. He told the broadcaster: “The way [...]
Election 2024: Londoners are the biggest politicos in the country, poll finds June 19, 2024 Londoners are the most politically aware people in the UK, with over two thirds believing they are well informed about national politics, a poll has found.