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Helen Scarsbrook says company, which is appealing against the ruling, hasn’t recognised value of female shop floor staffDuring an average shift on the shop floor at Next, Helen Scarsbrook has to remain polite and keep smiling while she makes split-second judgments about which customers need help and which need to be tactfully discouraged from shoplifting and ushered out of the store.She and her mostly female colleagues are on their feet for long stretches and regularly do heavy lifting as new stock arrives at the back of the shop. She is confident that her work in one of Next’s 466 UK

Tinuke Craig says current black British theatre talent was developed when schemes to improve access were commonThe lack of investment in arts schemes aimed at working-class children will create a cultural landscape that is whiter and posher, according to one of the UK’s leading black British theatre directors.Tinuke Craig, who has worked on productions including the Donmar Warehouse’s Trouble in Butetown, said the current crop of black British theatre talent was developed in the 1990s when free schemes aimed at improving access to the arts for working-class communities were common. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/sep/01/lack-of-arts-schemes-for-working-class-will-make-uk-theatre-whiter-and-posher-director-says Author : Lanre Bakare

Lack of funding, resources and rehabilitation leads to ‘bored and angry’ prisoners, Wendy Sinclair-Gieben says The prison system is “broken”, with inmates returning to the community “bored and angry” and “set up to fail”, according to Scotland’s outgoing chief inspector.Wendy Sinclair-Gieben highlighted a succession of failings in a service she described as “the underdog of the criminal justice system”, as she stands down as HM chief inspector of prisons for Scotland at the end of August. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/01/broken-prison-system-sets-inmates-up-to-fail-top-scottish-inspector-says Author : Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-01 11:00:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Stella Creasy says she wants to put school and hospital debts and impact of trade deals ‘on nation’s books’A senior Labour backbencher is seeking to have liabilities from schools and hospitals built under private finance initiative (PFI) deals scrutinised under a new budget responsibility bill.Stella Creasy, who has tabled two amendments to the bill, said this would help highlight the scale of debt incurred. She also wants trade deals such as the post-Brexit arrangement with the EU to fall under its remit, arguing these can have an even greater fiscal impact. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/01/labour-mp-pushes-for-watchdog-to-assess-pfi-costs-under-budgets-bill Author : Peter