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• Women still paid less than men at four out of five employers in Great Britain

  05-04-2023 20:09
  
  Guardian analysis shows median gender pay gap is stubbornly wide at 9.4%, the same level as five years agoFour out of five companies and organisations in Great Britain still pay their male employees more than female ones, according to Guardian analysis of the government’s gender pay gap reporting.The median pay gap remains stubbornly wide at 9.4% – the same level as in 2017-18, when employers were first required to publish the information. About 10,000 companies and public bodies fil
  
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• There’s a simple way to reduce the average UK electricity bill – and make energy cleaner | Chris Hayes

  05-04-2023 17:30
  
  Recent research estimates that a publicly owned generating company could reduce electricity costs by £252 per household a yearOfgem’s new price cap came into effect on Saturday, with the headline level falling by £1,000 per household to £3,280. This price cap limits the amount that retail energy suppliers can bill households, which ultimately limits suppliers’ ability to pass on the cost of the soaring wholesale prices they’re facing. These prices are far beyo
  
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• 'Every day a revolution': the first Black woman to open a Chelsea gallery shakes up the art world

  05-04-2023 16:14
  
  New Yorker Nicola Vassell, who wants to share 'the idea of what the future could and should look like', on opening a business in the midst of a pandemic, the 24/7 attention required to be a gallerist, and the life of aesthetics, beauty and the mind Continue reading...
  
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• International sting takes down online marketplace of stolen identities

  05-04-2023 14:00
  
  Operation led by FBI and Dutch police with involvement of UK National Crime Agency takes Genesis Market offlineA criminal online marketplace selling millions of stolen identities for as little as 56p has been taken down in an international crackdown.The sting, led by the FBI and Dutch police with the involvement of law enforcement agencies across 18 countries, including the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), took Genesis Market offline on Tuesday evening. Continue reading...
  
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• My most reliable source of wonder? A trip to the greengrocers | Nell Frizzell

  05-04-2023 08:00
  
  From the chain-smoking staff to the colourful fruit and veg, nowhere else makes me feel more happy and hopefulIf we ever receive a four-minute warning for the end of the world, you will find me standing beside a pile of apples arranged on a square of artificial grass, looking at vegetables. Because nowhere makes me feel more happy and hopeful than a greengrocers.Whether it’s an end-of-the-pier root vegetable, a bunch of free carrot tops for my guinea pigs, exotic jewel-like pomegranates or
  
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• Horror stories of energy firms that are enough to make you scream

  05-04-2023 08:00
  
  My four-act tale of phantoms and gas-lighting will chill your bonesOccasionally, I like to entertain readers with the plot of a four-act ghost story. The villain is always the same: the energy sector. There’s nothing more enjoyably chilling on a cold, dark night than tales of phantoms and gas-lighting – provided it’s someone else being haunted. Continue reading...
  
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• One in three young teachers in England skipping meals to make ends meet

  05-04-2023 07:01
  
  NEU survey also finds one in five teachers aged 29 or under have taken on a second job as pay fails to keep up with cost of livingOne in three young teachers in England are skipping meals and spending less on food because their pay has failed to keep up with the rising cost of living, while others are taking second jobs, a survey has found.More than 8,000 state school teachers in England contacted by the National Education Union revealed that 34% of teachers aged 29 or younger said they have bee
  
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• Salcombe locals priced out by most expensive seaside homes in UK

  05-04-2023 01:01
  
  Average cost of property in Devon town reached £1,244,025 last year, driven by second home owners“Don’t hate me,” said Theo Spink of the view from her office on Tuesday afternoon, “but the sun is shining, there’s a gentle breeze, people are arriving for Easter, eating ice-cream. It’s all rather charming.”If the town of Salcombe, situated on the neck of a narrow estuary in south Devon, sounds idyllic, that is because “it really, really is&rdqu
  
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