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MPs limber up for London Marathon Harriet CrossMP Harriet Cross won a 50km ultra marathon in 2023When Conservative MP Harriet Cross runs the London Marathon on Sunday, she is hoping to hit the finish line well within four hours. If she can get there in under three hours 57 minutes, that would make her the fastest female MP, beating a record currently held by Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat leader in 2019. Cross is aware of the record, but is not counting her chickens.

Jan 28, 2025 | msn.com | David Cornock

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Jan 28, 2025 | yahoo.com | David Cornock

A former cabinet minister who lost his seat at the general election claims he has been automatically rejected for jobs by Artificial Intelligence (AI) software because he does not have a degree. David TC Davies, who was Welsh secretary in Rishi Sunak's Conservative government, has called on employers to rethink the role of AI when recruiting. Many companies routinely use applicant tracking systems to sift and grade CVs, despite concerns they could be filtering out the best candidates.

Sep 27, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | David Cornock

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer received an additional £16,000 worth of clothes from the Labour peer, Lord Alli, it has emerged. The donations, first reported by the Guardian, external, were initially declared as money for his private office as leader of the opposition. The gifts - of £10,000 in October 2023 and £6,000 in February this year - were declared on time, but will now be recategorised as donations in kind of clothing.

Sep 2, 2024 | aol.com | Charlotte Edwards |Kathryn Armstrong |David Cornock

September 2, 2024 at 11:26 AM[Getty Images]Full-time workers' rights to ask for a four-day working week could be strengthened under government plans to increase flexible working. Employees would still have to work their full hours to receive their full pay but could request to compress their contracted hours into a shorter working week, as first reported by the Daily Telegraph.