When social media first exploded, we missed our chance to protect women and girls. Now history is repeating itself, says Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism

Those who lose benefit payments will find it difficult to access care and support services, says Policy in Practice Hundreds of thousands of seriously ill and disabled people will become “invisible” and cut adrift from local support services as a result of the government’s £5bn programme of disability benefit cuts, experts have warned. Claimants who do not qualify for personal independence payment (Pip) or incapacity benefits would lose a “marker of need” with local councils and NHS bodies, making it “nearly impossible” for them to access help, said the consultancy Policy in Practice. Continue reading...

Estate agent manager, who had quit after being denied a ‘symbolically significant’ seat, was right to view it as demotion, panel says Allocating a senior employee a desk that they believe to be associated with a junior position amounts to a breach of…

A memorial tartan commissioned by the Witches of Scotland.

Five years on from March 2020, millions of people still face debilitating symptoms, with huge repercussions on public health and productivity. But politicians are starting to pretend the pandemic never happened

The tomb of Thutmose II is the first pharaoh’s tomb to be discovered since Tutankhamun in 1922 It was when British archeologist Dr Piers Litherland saw that the ceiling of the burial chamber was painted blue with yellow stars that he realised he had just…

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UK will be first country to bring in tough new laws to tackle the technology behind the creation of abusive material Britain is to become the first country to introduce laws tackling the use of AI tools to produce child sexual abuse images, amid…

Claimants say tech giant’s actions have led publishers receiving less in ad revenue, but company says there is ‘intense’ market competition

Government intervention key to supporting businesses through transition, research by IFOW thinktank suggests The automation of millions of jobs will increase inequality in the UK unless the government intervenes to support small businesses and workers…

CMA examining impact of tech firms’ operating systems, app stores and browsers on consumers and businesses The UK’s competition watchdog has launched investigations into the impact of Apple and Google’s mobile platforms on consumers and businesses, days…

Last week the High Court in Edinburgh produced the first ever judicial ruling on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024.   The case looked at the treatment of children who are prosecuted throug...

Devices may have potential to help patients with conditions such as depression, addiction, OCD and epilepsy A groundbreaking NHS trial will attempt to boost patients’ mood using a brain-computer-interface that directly alters brain activity using…