Prime Minister launches 25 Year Environment Plan

Launching the 25 Year Environment Plan, the PM will set out the government’s determination to leave our environment in a better state than we found it. She will outline steps for a cleaner, greener Britain – with avoidable plastic waste eliminated by the end of 2042. To help achieve this, the government will extend the 5p carrier bag charge to all retailers in England. To date, we have used nine billion fewer plastic bags as a direct consequence of introducing the charge. The government will also work with supermarkets to…

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UK Prime Minister calls on companies to take steps to improve workplace equality.

The UK Prime Minister announces new drive to improve workplace equality – calling on more companies to report their gender pay gap and take action to close it. New figures published this week by the ONS show the UK’s overall gender pay gap rising marginally to 18.4%, but the gap for full-time workers falling to a record low – from 9.4% in 2016 to 9.1% in 2017. To close the gender pay gap further, the Prime Minister is calling on companies to: improve the pipeline to ensure progress on female…

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