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Immigration rules relaxed for care workers amid staff shortages
Immigration rules have been temporarily relaxed for care workers in a bid to recruit and keep staff.Care workers have been added to the shortage occupation list for 12 months, which will allow migrants to get work visas to fill jobs where there are shortages. Migrant workers will be able to move in with dependents, including …
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Pay jumps as employers fight for staff while inflation worries grow
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Real wages fall -1.2% in December as pay lags behind inflation
Wage growth in the UK struggled to keep up with increasing inflation between October and December 2021, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.Average weekly pay packets across Britain fell in December by -1.2%, reflecting how wages are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living. And while regular wages, …
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NatWest closing another 32 branches – is yours among them?
NatWest Group has confirmed it is to close another 32 branches, blaming a continuing shift in customer activity towards online.The company, which is due to outline its full-year results for 2021 this week, said 21 of the sites operated under its NatWest brand and 11 were RBS branches including the one within its City of …
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One third of Brits still working from home despite rule changes, data show
Vast numbers of Brits are still working from home, despite being free to go back to the office since the government repealed its advice to work remotely nearly a month ago.Boris Johnson announced on 20 January that in England the working from home guidance would be withdrawn immediately. Despite this, between 19 January and 30 …
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Tearful ex-Post Office worker ‘contemplated suicide’ after IT scandal as inquiry starts
The first witness at the inquiry into the Post Office computer glitch scandal broke down in tears as he explained how he went from facing down armed robbers in his shop to contemplating suicide after losing his job.More than 700 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses were prosecuted for theft and false accounting between 2000 and 2014. Some …
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Can Russia withstand more sanctions?
Western leaders are considering applying harsher economic sanctions on Russia as tensions continue between Moscow and Kyiv. In a call on Tuesday between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden, the pair agreed there would be a “significant package of sanctions should Russian aggression escalate”.Russia has been under Western sanctions since its 2014 …
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Globetrotters go green: Rolls-Royce strikes deal to turn private jets electric
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JD Sports and Footasylum fined £4.7m for secret meetings
JD Sports and Footasylum, two of the UK’s largest sportswear retailers, have been fined £4.7m for improperly discussing a merger when ordered not to.The order, from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), prohibited the two high street giants from exchanging commercially sensitive information while the pair were attempting to merge. But instead of ceasing communication, …
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FTSE: ‘Valentine’s Day massacre’ as shares plunge, oil soars on fears of war in Ukraine
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Average UK petrol and diesel prices hit record high, new data shows
The average UK petrol price has surpassed 148p for the first time, new figures have revealed.According to the AA, petrol has jumped to 148.02p per litre on Sunday – rising above the previous record high of 147.72p on 21 November last year. Pump costs for diesel have piled yet more misery on motorists and businesses …
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Norfolk County Council to sue Apple in class action over ‘misleading’ iPhone prediction
Norfolk County Council is to tackle Apple in a class action lawsuit over what it alleges was the company’s misleading predictions about iPhone demand in China.Apple, its chief executive Tim Cook, and its chief financial officer Luca Maestri, are accused of misleading shareholders about iPhone demand in China in 2018. Mr Cook had told investors …

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