The things you can and can’t ask for if your boss says your days of homeworking are overFirms grapple with homeworking puzzleYou can ask to work remotely on a permanent basis but your boss does not have to agree. Matt Gingell, an employment lawyer, say…
Scottish government launches country’s first women’s health plan
Initiative described as ‘first stage of a long-term commitment to reducing health inequalities for women’Commitments to reduce waiting times for diagnosing endometriosis from over eight years to less than 12 months, offer individual care plans after a …
Prince Andrew’s reputation damaged for ever by Giuffre claims, experts say
Lawyers say Duke of York has lost in court of public opinion and is unlikely to engage with civil case in USThe Duke of York faces an “uphill struggle” to combat the impact of the sex offences allegations made against him and has already lost in the co…
Office politics: firms still grappling with home working puzzle
Whether seen as an obstacle to overcome or a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, home working is proving hard to avoidWhat are workers’ rights if they are asked to go back?As the pandemic struck wealthy economies in early 2020, workers (in white-collar job…
‘It’s agony’: Geronimo owner on wait for alpaca to be euthanised
Geronimo has twice tested positive for bovine TB but Helen Macdonald argues that the regime is flawedGeronimo the alpaca was looking perky on Friday. His owner, Helen Macdonald, a veterinary nurse who has battled for four years to save his life, rather…
Police puppies and a street music rehearsal: Friday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
MPs demand review into what Home Office knew about safety of hotel where Afghan boy died
Concerns had been raised by guests about the safety of the Metropolitan hotel in Sheffield and its windowsSheffield’s Labour MPs have demanded an independent review into what the Home Office knew about the safety of the hotel where a five-year-old Afgh…
Dominic Raab – the foreign secretary who phones it in | Marina Hyde
Incompetent, negligent, isolated, increasingly disliked – Raab may just be the perfect ambassador for ‘global Britain’Is it possible to appear muscular while making a phone call? It is certainly the look that furiously committed political man Dominic R…
The real challenges for Rishi Sunak lie ahead despite drop in public borrowing
Analysis: sense of foreboding will gnaw away at chancellor’s Treasury team as October spending review loomsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThere is good news for Rishi Sunak in the latest public borrowing figures. But there …
Oil firms made ‘false claims’ on blue hydrogen costs, says ex-lobby boss
Chris Jackson believes companies promoted ‘unsustainable’ fossil gas projects to access billions in taxpayer subsidiesOil companies have used false claims over the cost of producing fossil fuel hydrogen to win over the Treasury and access billions in t…