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Britain’s employers are struggling to hire staff as lockdown lifts amid an exodus of overseas workers caused by the Covid pandemic and Brexit, industry figures reveal. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the recruitment firm Adecco, employers plan to hire at the fastest rate in eight years, led by the …

Sweeping reforms to bring the railway’s track and trains together under a new Great British Railways will be set out this week – but reforms of fares will be limited, with the industry braced to have its budget slashed. The Treasury is understood to be demanding cost cuts of between 10% and 20% after expanding …

Union and employment experts have called on the government to step up regulation of the temporary labour market, amid concerns abuses by “umbrella” companies may be costing workers and the exchequer as much as £4.5bn a year. As many as 600,000 temporary workers in the UK are thought to be employed by umbrella companies, used …

We are now free to go on holiday, but it will cost us. As the government unveiled the list of countries British holidaymakers can go to without having to quarantine on their return, demand jumped. This, combined with limited flights, has led to a sharp increase in prices for trips to “green list” countries such …

Santander has apologised for a “technical problem” which left some customers unable to make payments online or buy food at the supermarket on Saturday, although the bank said its services had returned to normal by the late evening. Customers have reported problems with the bank’s telephone, branch, online and card services. Consumer organisation Which? said …