DVLA asks staff to disclose their waist size as part of risk assessment

DVLA asks staff to disclose their waist size as part of risk assessment to decide who is healthy enough to return to working at their Swansea headquarters DVLA said to have asked staff to disclose their waist size for a risk assessment  Organisation said it did not ask staff members for exact waist measurements  Claimed … Read more

DVLA asks staff to disclose their waist size as part of risk assessment

DVLA asks staff to disclose their waist size as part of risk assessment to decide who is healthy enough to return to working at their Swansea headquarters DVLA said to have asked staff to disclose their waist size for a risk assessment  Organisation said it did not ask staff members for exact waist measurements  Claimed … Read more

Junior soldiers must repeat ‘mantras’ on diversity and inclusion in annual assessment forms 

Junior soldiers risk punishment if they don’t repeat ‘mantras’ on diversity and inclusion in annual assessment forms Soldiers have been told to pledge what their main objective is for the next year Told to say it will be to contribute towards an ‘inclusive culture’ within regiment Intended to help troops of different ethnic, religious or … Read more

GCSE confusion as pupils get ‘centre assessment grades’ on Thursday but ‘official results’ next week

There was fresh confusion today over when exactly thousands of pupils sitting GCSEs will receive their grades.  The Department for Education last night said that schools and college students would receive their ‘centre assessment grades’ on Thursday, the day they should have received them if they had sat exams. But at the same time, the DfE … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Six MILLION took NHS 111’s online assessment

Six million people used NHS 111’s online coronavirus symptom checker at the height of the UK’s outbreak between February and August, official data has revealed. The official website got 30million hits across all its pages during the same period by people either checking symptoms of Covid-19 and other illnesses.  In mid-March, the site was used … Read more

Coronavirus UK: FTSE 100 falls on opening after downbeat assessment from US Fed

London stock markets opened down this morning as hopes faded for a quick economic rebound following the coronavirus pandemic. The FTSE 100 index of Britain’s biggest companies fell by 89 points or 1.51 per cent to 5,815 in the first ten minutes of trading this morning. Fears are growing about a second wave of infections, … Read more