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Business Innovation and Skills Committee

Patterns of Part-Time Work Across Government Reveals Patchy Strategy

Ann McKechin | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Civil Service, Part-Time Work, UK Government, Flexible Working, Business Innovation and Skills Committee, Work-Life Balance, UK Politics, UK Politics News
Ann McKechin

There is still a stigma that you just aren't serious about your career if you want to work part-time or flexibly. This is part of the reason why women struggle to progress to the top of the civil service. The hidden bias against women who need to work flexibly following their maternity period, for example, leads to a gradual reduction in the number of women as they rise up the ladder of seniority.

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MPs Accuse Ministers Of Stalling Over Payday Loan Firm Abuses

The Huffington Post UK | Asa Bennett | Posted 07.03.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Payday Loan Firms, UK Parliament, HM Treasury, Money Advice Service, UK News, Business Innovation and Skills Committee, Stella Creasy, George Osborne, Payday Loans, UK Politics News

The government needs to take swift and decisive action to protect members of the public from falling prey to sharp practices by payday loan companies,...

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Vince Cable Overrules MPs To Appoint Favoured University Tsar

Pa/The Huffington Post | Posted 20.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK News, Michael Gove, Business Innovation and Skills Committee, Vince Cable, Les Ebdon, Adrian Bailey, UK Dairy, Universities, UK Universities & Education News

Vince Cable has appointed professor Les Ebdon as the next director of fair access to higher education, overruling the wishes of the Commons committee ...

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