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Four in five senior applicants in financial services are men

Date:: 28 July 2020

Women made up just 21% of employees being put forward for senior roles at financial services firms last year, compared to 79% who were men, according to data from the Financial Conduct Authority.

Almost 900,000 public sector staff see above-inflation pay rise

Date:: 21 July 2020

Nearly 900,000 public sector workers including teachers, doctors, police and prison officers will see their pay increase by up to 3.1%.

Working from home proves real bonus for City employees

Date:: 26 May 2020

More than three-quarters of City of London financial services workers feel they are at least as productive working from home during the lockdown as they were in the office with the lack of commuting commonly cited as a key reason.

Boris Johnson scraps Immigration Health Surcharge in major u-turn

Date:: 21 May 2020

In an unexpected policy switch the government this afternoon exempted overseas NHS staff and care workers from paying a surcharge to use the health service.

Leave to remain extended to families of deceased care workers

Date:: 21 May 2020

The government has stated that non-EEA family members of any NHS, healthcare or social care worker who has died as a result of coronavirus, will receive immediate indefinite leave to remain, free of charge.

3,000 police officers hired as recruitment drive moves online

Date:: 30 April 2020

The Government has said it is on track to meet its target of 6,000 additional police officers in England and Wales by March 2021, as online assessment allows forces to continue hiring.

Frontline health workers granted visa extension

Date:: 1 April 2020

Home secretary Priti Patel has announced that frontline NHS workers whose visas are due to expire before 1 October will be granted free automatic extensions to allow them to remain in the country and support the coronavirus effort.

Met Police asks retired officers to return

Date:: 30 March 2020

The Metropolitan Police Service is calling on retired officers to return to duty and urging those nearing retirement to stay on.

Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed

Date:: 12 March 2020

Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget announcement yesterday was rightly focused on the how the Government would support employers and workers as the UK attempts to contain the spread of the virus.

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Four in five senior applicants in financial services are men

Almost 900,000 public sector staff see above-inflation pay rise

Working from home proves real bonus for City employees

Boris Johnson scraps Immigration Health Surcharge in major u-turn

Leave to remain extended to families of deceased care workers

3,000 police officers hired as recruitment drive moves online

Frontline health workers granted visa extension

Met Police asks retired officers to return

Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed

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