The trade association for the retail industry – in conjunction with major supermarkets – is preparing a massive intervention against the government on Labour’s hikes to the cost of employment. Even Labour veteran Alan Milburn accepted that government policies were exacerbating a youth jobs crisis…
The British Retail Consortium has drafted a letter to Starmer, to be backed by Asda, Sainsbury’s, M&S, Morrisons, Primark and Tesco warning that the “ladder of opportunity for young people is wobbling.” Sky News says the BRC will call for a joint retail-government taskforce to streamline youth employment schemes, and demands ministers cut the costs of employing young people. It explicitly criticises the new Employment Rights Act changes for making workforce management more complicated and bringing in young talent more expensive…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”