Royal Mail has issued a warning to customers in 105 postcodes experiencing significant delivery delays due to recent storms and increased staff sickness. The postal service cited severe weather conditions—including Storms …
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced plans to “rebalance” Universal Credit (UC) payments in response to a significant rise in claimants, which surged by over one million in 2025. This marks the most …
Dudley Council staff are taking more sick leave, with mental health concerns leading the reasons for absence. Recent figures from April to November 2025 reveal that the number of full-time council employees dropped from 5,887 …
Solihull Council has significantly reduced its workforce through a mutual early resignation scheme (MERS) and stringent recruitment controls as it grapples with budget pressures. Last spring, all council employees, excluding …
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a new initiative aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) better manage long-term sickness among employees. Funded by the DWP under the new Labour …