The Guardian view on recovery: an underrated process
Recovery from ill-health and injury is underrated. In the UK, and many other parts of the world, getting back to work as quickly as possible after sickness is what the Read More
UK’s biggest private pension fund to shift £5bn away from polluters
The UK’s biggest private pension fund will shift £5bn of its investment in equities to an index avoiding the worst polluters, in a move that will immediately reduce the carbon Read More
John Lewis will pay full sick pay regardless of Covid vaccination status
John Lewis has told staff they will get full sick pay regardless of their Covid vaccination status, saying that it doesn’t “believe it’s right” to treat jabbed and unjabbed workers Read More
Phones4U founder: tax avoidance schemes should be stamped out
The businessman John Caudwell has vowed to shun tax avoidance schemes after using them to build his Phones4U empire in the 1990s. Speaking to Lauren Laverne on the BBC’s Desert Read More
Hopes shattered as banks fail to pass on interest rate rise
The recent unexpected rise in interest rates could have been the good news that savers had waited so long for. But more than five weeks after the Bank of England Read More
Britain’s welfare system ‘unfit for purpose’ with millions struggling, experts warn
Britain’s welfare system is “unfit for purpose” and in urgent need of reform, experts warned on Sunday amid fears that millions more families will struggle to make ends meet amid Read More
Build to rent’s glitzy goldrush raises fears for social housing
The Keel, a converted former HMRC office block overlooking Liverpool’s waterfront, is billed as the solution to dull, impersonal renting. Tenants in the block of 240 new flats can fake Read More
Food waste: are you throwing your money in the bin?
The cost of living crisis means many Britons are desperately casting around for ways to save money this winter. Yet each year the average family throws away more than £700 Read More