As part of breast cancer awareness month, charities are urging everyone to wear pink on October 28 and donate £2 to the Breast Cancer Campaign.
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Dan Atkinson: IOU-turn may spoil gilts slumber party
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, once warned the public not to assume that the stated reasons for a piece of policy were the real ones. In that spirit, I think we can safely ignore all the official guff earlier this month about the ‘Tesco law’ reforms…
1950s’ women face ‘financial hardships’ as State pension age rises to 66
Thursday, October 13th, 2011The announcement that the State pension age will rise to 66 in 2020 still contains ‘very real financial dangers’ for women born in the 1950s.
Women and pensions: State pension age rise delayed by six months
Thursday, October 13th, 2011The Department for Work and Pensions announced that a plan to raise the state pension age to 66 in 2020 will be delayed by six months from April 2020 to October 2020.
Local health service funding cut
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011NHS trusts have slashed funding for local health services aimed at helping disadvantaged people, freedom of information research suggests.
Physio prescribing rules considered
Monday, September 26th, 2011Proposals to give physiotherapists the power to independently prescribe drugs to patients are to be considered by the Government.
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Cameron should not turn a blind eye to unfairness in the Pensions Bill
Sunday, September 25th, 2011Under the proposed legislation, the State pension age for men and women will equalise at 65 in November 2018, rising to 66 by April 2020.
Founder of We are the City comes in the top three at European Diversity Awards
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Vanessa Vallely, business management consultant for Aviva and founder of We Are the City, is celebrating coming in the top three at this week’s European Diversity Awards.
