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We start with the gender pay gap because campaigners here in the uk are calling today equal pay day. They calculate that from today, because of the pay gap with men, women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. The Fawcett Society which does the calculations each year says there has been a slight improvement on 2018. But female full time workers earn on average 13 less than their male counterparts. There is high level support for change. A group of 100 top uk businesswomen including former royal mail boss dame moya greene, Dame Minouche shafik the favourite to take over at the bank of england and glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley want a change in the law to give women the right to see how much male colleagues are earning. The gender pay gap is a lot worse in many other parts of the world women are pai ....
Of child nudity and sexual abuse. And. The secret weapon in the war on waste. How packaging could soon be telling you how to recycle it fitness apps on your mobile are now a multi billion dollar industry well be talking to one entrepreneur for whom exercise really is a big money spinner so in the interest of pay equality would you be happy with your colleagues knowing what you earn . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. We start with the gender pay gap because campaigners here in the uk are calling today equal pay day. They calculate that from today because of the pay gap with men women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. The Fawcett Society which does the calculations each year says there has been a slight improvement on 2018. But female full time workers earn on average 13 less than their male counterparts. A group of 100 top uk businesswomen including former royal mail boss dame moya greene, and ....
Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show mor ....
Good morning welcome to breakfast with Nina Warhurst and jon kay. Our headlines today. A chance to make sporting history as england take on south africa in the Rugby World Cup final. They sing. Is thousands of venues open early. After four yea rs of prepararoion to get them here, the world cup finaljust getting under way eddie jones says england are ready for their South African test. Fracking is to end in england after the government orders a halt because of fears of earthquakes. Good morning. Weve got a deep area of low pressure working its way across the uk today. Thats going to bring some very strong winds, with gusts potentially up to 80 mph for parts of southern england. Some heavy rain in the forecast as well. Ill have all the details in the next half an hour. Its saturday the 2nd of november. Our top story. One of ....
Does politics have a problem . After that torrid week, conservative Cabinet Minister mark harper, the transport secretary, is here. Labours attack dog, warming up for the election, Jonathan Ashworth joins us too. And privilege was no protection from pain. Charles spencer, brother of princess diana, opens up about the abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of his headmaster. Hed constructed his dream world of having 75 little boys at his beck and call for sadistic thrashings and sexual thrills. Morning, morning, to you, and to my team at the desk labour mp harriet harman, businessman, and dragon, theo paphitis, and samuel kasumu, who worked in number 10 for borisjohnson. Welcome to you all. Lets have a look at whats making the news. Are there plots to replace the beleaguered Prime Minister with the sword wielding ....