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Part-time workers earn a third less per hour than full-time staff
The 36 per cent pay gap between part-time and full-time workers is the main barrier to closing the gender pay...
Contractors and freelancers now earn almost double the national average
A new study released on National Freelancers Day shows the average self-employed worker has an annual...

Northern Rock to cost taxpayer £2 Billion
The Commons Committee of Public Accounts publishes its 18th Report of Session 2012-13, The Creation and Sale of Northern Rock...
9 in 10 plagued by claims firms, cold callers and text pests
Claims management companies should be banned from cold calling as new figures show three in five people surveyed were...

Donations to charity fall by 20 per cent
Donations to charity fell by 20% in real terms during 2011/12. The public gave £1.7bn less to charity than the previous year, according...
Junior ISAs failing to boost children's savings
Only a fraction of the 800,000 children who would have had Child Trust Funds opened for them last year have benefited from the replacement Junior...

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