Closer alignment with the EU was becoming an urgent priority for many businesses, the IoD poll found.
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JCB has said it will expand its US operations in response to President Trump’s tariffs – with the effect on UK jobs as yet unclear.
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The Metropolitan Police is to cut more than 1,700 officers and staff across serious organised crime, forensics, historic crime, mounted...
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A series of leaked messages show staff at a Welsh prison laughing at violent encounters with inmates.
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Broken down, the full-time equivalent job losses consisted of 197 academic roles, 119 school-based professional services posts in schools, and 316 directorate roles.
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Children as young as 14 would be allowed to work overnight shifts under new laws being passed in the US state of Florida.
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It is unlikely that Trump has any legal authority to move against the agency because the agency's funding and programmes are authorised and funded by Congress.
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Ice-cream firm Ben & Jerry’s has said its chief executive, David Stever, was being removed by its parent company, Unilever, over the company’s political and social activism.
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UK and US slip down the league as Finnish workplaces make a major contribution to the country's success in the World Happiness Index.
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Google is to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle racial bias claims against the business, according to lawyers involved in the case.
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Fewer UK-owned global companies will proclaim their commitment to DEI because of how that might impact their position in the US.
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US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse last month.
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Employee experience platform Culture Amp claims recognition is at a five-year low, and employees feel less visible in organisations’ performance review process.
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Police Scotland has turned away a record 25 recruits for tattoos that went against official policy.
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Law school was asked: ‘First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?’