After 10 years in power...

[bpoolrover]

I suspect the majority of people who are happy with zero-hours contracts are students, filling in flexibly in part-time work. Which is fine.

For other people, the question "do you want more hours?" is entirely the wrong one as far as I can see. It should be "do you want more security and support like paid holidays, sickness leave and pension support?" THAT is the problem with so-called flexible contracts. They often remove the need for employers to offer the sort of terms that make life bearable and less vulnerable.

one problem with giving people the same as others not on zero hour contracts is that they are getting in the main the hours and shifts they want, everyone can’t pick and choose there hours as it’s unfair on everyone else

[SydneyRover]

''Almost half of new jobs in England in the last decade were in London and the south-east, despite only a third of the population living in that region, according to a new report.

In London and the south-east, the number of jobs rose by 1.8m, from 9.2m to nearly 11m. Office-based professional and administrative roles, as well as those in accommodation and food service, were among the kinds of jobs that increased.

In comparison, the north-east and north-west of England, and Yorkshire and the Humber had 17% of the country’s new jobs. In those regions, which contain 28% of the population, the number rose from 7.2m in 2009 to 7.8m in 2019''

I prefer Osterity mesen, dunt know wot all the fuss is abarht.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/21/almost-half-of-all-new-jobs-in-england-are-in-south-east-report

[Not Now Kato]

This makes for very worrying reading....
 
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/is-britain-now-on-the-verge-of-repeating-a-dangerous-moment-in-its-own-history/?fbclid=IwAR1tYPOESUgA_t7LDePIFXdr7cbNbfuZ4W-ZLDPRDtw0TOhmjSevswn5x6A
 
 

And soon, the British government – more precisely No 10 Downing Street will be completely immersed in scandal and drowning in disgrace. The Russia Report is set to be explosive, the emergence of new information is on the edge of spilling into the public domain. The Arcuri scandal will soon blow open, open racism and a new Windrush disgrace is bubbling away and at the heart of government open warfare between ministers, advisors and the civil service is tearing away at the seams at the thin veil of coordinated governance.

[idler]

Nothing seems to be getting any better. The next few months will be very interesting.