MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Labour’s own employment practices, the Uber strike and a film premiere in parliament
Source: Labour List UK Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. “It may surprise you to learn that some of us are living in difficult financial circumstances. I know of colleagues who have used payday lenders, been to food banks and are now in long-term debt. These are staffers employed […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Action needed following stark IPCC report on climate change
Source: The Green Party in Northern Ireland Tuesday 09 October 2018The Green Party in Northern Ireland has said that the IPCC Report on climate change must prompt action in Northern Ireland.Green Party leader Steven Agnew MLA said“The IPCC Report has been written in extremely stark terms – we are facing into complete climate meltdown with governments […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
Source: British Parliament News 09 October 2018The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will hold a pre-appointment hearing with Lord Jonathan Evans, the Government’s preferred candidate for the position of Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Lord Evans is a non-executive director of HSBC, KPMG and Ark Data Centres. He was Director […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Minister for Small Business questioned on late payments
Source: British Parliament News 09 October 2018The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee questions Small Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst as part of the inquiry into the effect of late payments on small suppliers and Government support for boosting the productivity of SMEs. The session will also hear from four companies with experience of late payments […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: How can we ensure intergenerational fairness in the workplace?
Source: British Parliament News 09 October 2018The House of Lords Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision takes evidence from experts on work and skills as its inquiry focuses on intergenerational fairness in the workplace. WitnessesTuesday 9 October in Committee Room 4A, Palace of WestminsterAt 11.40amSimon Kelleher, Head of Education and Skills, Policy ConnectJulian Gravatt, Deputy […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: NZ on cusp of world-first biotech production surge
Auckland – New Zealand’s biotech industry is on the cusp of a massive surge, boosting the economy and exports through the growth of new world technologies, including the use of gene technology, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. The OECD has estimated the potential contribution of the bio-economy to New Zealand’s GDP will climb […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: McDonnell launches political education network with The World Transformed
Source: Labour List UK Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Blur or Oasis? That question became a lot easier to answer for some Labour members over the weekend. “What’s the story, Noel’s a Tory” raked in likes and retweets after the Gallagher brother said he’d rather reform Oasis than […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Russia: Unfairly jailed human rights defender honoured
Source: Amnesty International – 8 October 2018, 16:24 UTC Responding to news that Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Memorial Human Rights Center in Chechyna who has been in detention since January 2018, has been awarded the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Peers debate Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill
Source: British House Of Lords News 08 October 2018Members of the Lords, including a former director general of the Security Service and a former deputy assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan Police, will discuss the key principles and purpose of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill during second reading, on Tuesday 9 September. Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative), […]
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