Government Spent £27,000 On Alcohol During Covid-19 Pandemic: Report

The UK government was busy ensuring its guests had the finest wines at reasonable prices when common Britons were struggling with COVID-19, per a recent report by the Foreign Office. It has been revealed that the government used 1,433 bottles of wine and spirits from its cellars between 2020 and 2022. This was done to … Read more

New Labour Plan Could See Less Children In Private Schools In The UK

In a bid to win the next general election, expected to be held before January 2025, the Labour Party have pledged that it will end business rate relief for private schools. As well as ending the financial aid being put towards the elite institutions, the left-wing party has also said that it will be charging … Read more

Textile sector distress damps wages, sparks worker exodus

The challenges over the past year at India’s textile and apparel sector, the country’s second-largest employer with almost 45 million direct jobs, have exposed the vulnerabilities of its workers and the fragile ecosystem they operate in. The slowdown in the sector has kept wages flat, deprived workers of traditional incentives, pushing arguably lakhs of them … Read more

Retrenchments rise, labour demand in Singapore continues to cool in third quarter: MOM

LABOUR DEMAND CONTINUES TO COOL The number of job vacancies fell for the sixth consecutive quarter from a peak in March 2022. Nearly one-third of all job vacancies in the third quarter were in growth sectors, including information and communications, health and social services, professional services, as well as financial and insurance services. The labour … Read more