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Permanent job vacancies in UK shrink at fastest pace for four years
Vacancies for permanent jobs in the UK declined at their fastest pace for four years last month, according to a new survey that adds to the gloomy economic mood.
and weak economic data, the monthly jobs report from the consultancy KPMG and the recruitment …Civil service morale worsened despite improving pay levels, survey finds
Morale and churn in the UK civil service worsened despite average pay almost bouncing back to real-terms levels last seen in 2010, an annual survey has found.
The Whitehall Monitor report, by the Institute for Government (IfG) thinktank, found that average civil service pay rose for the 2023-24 financial year, …
Retailers warn of higher prices in 2025 and urge ministers to ease tax burden
UK retailers have urged ministers to ease their tax burden as they said that the cost of food and other items will rise sharply throughout the year as companies grapple with higher employment costs.
Food prices are forecast to climb by 4.2% on average in the latter half of the …
‘Anyone can pickleball’: boom sport a hit over rugby ahead of Australian Open debut | Jack Snape
It has been hyped up by the likes of Nick Kyrgios, Patty Mills and Adam Scott, and few social media feeds are safe from an influencer picking up a paddle. Pickleball will now make its Australian Open debut in a milestone that marks the fledgling sport’s legitimacy, as participation booms …
Meta’s factchecking partners brace for layoffs
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end factchecking on Facebook and Instagram in the US already has factchecking journalists bracing for cuts at their at organizations, given the size of Meta’s funding.
for outside organizations certified by the International Fact-Checking …Don’t panic – despite the headlines, the Australian dollar isn’t crashing | Greg Jericho
As I returned to work after the Christmas holidays, I checked in on how the economy was going and was rather startled to read the headline “
Panic as Aussie dollar crashes to five-year low
”. Cripes. So much for easing into the year.It wasn’t even a week …
AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
How do you do, fellow humans? My name is Arwa and I am a genuine member of the species
homo sapiens
. We’re talking a 100% flesh-and-blood person operating inmeatspace
over here; I am absolutely not an AI-powered bot. I know, I know. That’s exactly what a bot …Tories’ Pavlovian response to Elon Musk’s tweets leads to shameless PMQs
Last weekend the Daily Mail ran a front-page story about the imminent demise of Keir Starmer. A few days on and it’s increasingly looking like Kemi Badenoch whose job may be on the line. Just take a look at the faces of her backbench MPs at prime minister’s questions. Faces …
French police arrest founder of website used by Dominique Pelicot
The founder of the website used by
Dominique Pelicot to recruit strangers to rape
his wife has been arrested in France.Isaac Steidl, 44, is being interviewed by Paris detectives over the use of the website by criminals involved in more than 23,000 crimes including rape, murder …
Two charged in Luton with creation and sale of fake Covid-19 vaccination records
Two people have been charged over the creation and sale of fake Covid-19 vaccination records during the pandemic.
Waqas Hanif, 26, and Touqir Nasir, 29, will appear at Luton magistrates’ court on Thursday. They were charged in relation to alleged offences under the Computer Misuse Act and Fraud Act, the …