Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

Jul 17, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

The new UK government plans to bring in sweeping new changes that would extend equal pay rights to ethnic minority and disabled workers. For the first time, companies with 250 employees or more would have to report ethnicity and disability pay gaps, King Charles III said on Wednesday as he set out Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s agenda for the upcoming year. British businesses currently have to publish such figured as part of gender pay gap reporting.

Jul 17, 2024 | bnnbloomberg.ca | Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

(Bloomberg) -- The new UK government plans to bring in sweeping new changes that would extend equal pay rights to ethnic minority and disabled workers. For the first time, companies with 250 employees or more would have to report ethnicity and disability pay gaps, King Charles III said on Wednesday as he set out Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s agenda for the upcoming year. British businesses currently have to publish such figured as part of gender pay gap reporting.

Jun 29, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Isabella Ward |Ailbhe Rea |Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

Birmingham resident Johur Uddin has always voted Labour. But with the UK opposition party on the cusp of a potentially record election victory next week, the 56-year-old consultant says he’ll break with the habit of a lifetime on July 4 and mark his ballot paper with an X next to an independent candidate. A perception that Labour has drifted from its roots, coupled with party leader Keir Starmer’s support for Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza have driven Uddin away.

Jun 29, 2024 | nz.news.yahoo.com | Isabella Ward |Ailbhe Rea |Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

(Bloomberg) -- Birmingham resident Johur Uddin has always voted Labour. But with the UK opposition party on the cusp of a potentially record election victory next week, the 56-year-old consultant says he’ll break with the habit of a lifetime on July 4 and mark his ballot paper with an X next to an independent candidate.

Jun 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Isabella Ward |Ailbhe Rea |Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

(Bloomberg) -- Birmingham resident Johur Uddin has always voted Labour. But with the UK opposition party on the cusp of a potentially record election victory next week, the 56-year-old consultant says he’ll break with the habit of a lifetime on July 4 and mark his ballot paper with an X next to an independent candidate. Most Read from BloombergGavin Newsom Is Ready for the Biden EmergencyThe Question on Democrats’ Minds: How to Replace Biden?