More rubbish burnt than recycled
The Times 29 November 2019
England burnt more waste than it recycled last year, prompting campaigners to call for a moratorium on all new incinerator projects.
Recycling rates have fallen over the past five years in more than half of local authority areas and the nation incinerated 11.2 million tonnes of rubbish last year, compared with recycling and composting 10.9 million tonnes.
... Read more‘You can’t really win’: 4m Britons in poverty despite having jobs
The Guardian 14 May 2019
“I’m a bit scatty with things like this,” Gemma* admits when talking about her finances. It was not scattiness that meant she struggled to make ends meet when taking home £399.69 a month for working 18 hours a week as a cashier at Betfred. Even with tax credits and child benefit ... Read more
‘I met my rapist on Tinder’: The truth behind the rise in online date rape
The Telegraph 28 November 2018
Rachel met her attacker on Tinder. They had messaged for a week before their first date. “He sent me a photo and a song that he had written. He was sweet at first,” she recalls. On their second date, he forced her into a recording booth and locked the door. Rachel says, “I didn’t ... Read more
NHS body ‘wastes millions on flawed financial advice’
The Observer 21 July 2018
A large NHS body has spent millions of pounds on management consultants for a plan designed to save money – but which could cost more than £1bn to put into practice. Over the past six years, the North West London Clinical Commissioning Groups has spent £66m on 41 different management consulting ... Read more
Migrants used as forced labour, charity claims
The Times 15 November 2017
Migrant workers on Scottish fishing boats are doing dangerously long hours in unsafe working conditions, according to a seafarers’ charity. Scottish fishing vessels are routinely using workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) as cheap labour due to a legal loophole that leaves them vulnerable to exploitation, the charity ... Read more
The Friday Interview: Dennis Nally of PwC
The Guardian 15 December 2011
Dennis Nally, global chairman of PwC, is a master of dodging tricky questions. Asked about his salary, he looks at his PR man, who quickly steps in to say it is not disclosed. We can presume it was in the millions, as PwC’s UK chairman, Ian Powell, took home £3.7m this ... Read more
Five years on, did first mass asbo succeed?
The Guardian 27 August 2008
They were dubbed the Malevolent Seven. At the height of asbomania, a group of youths earned what is thought to be the first mass antisocial behaviour order for terrorising their local area, urinating on doorsteps and stealing. The media leapt on the story, keen to reprint tales of these “monsters” who ... Read more