UK employers plan 4 per cent pay rises in coming year
British employers expect to raise wages by 4 per cent over the coming 12 months, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
pay rises
High-profile suspects back in court over fake diploma scandal
– Two high-profile suspects in the north’s fake diploma scandal appeared in court in Morphou.
– Serdal Gunduz threatened the university’s vice rector and forced him to sign degree certificates obtained through illegal means.
– Gunduz holds residence permits in Greece and Russia, making him a flight risk.
– Sefa Karahasan’s degree certificate was signed by someone other than the university’s rector.
– Karahasan was given a 100,000TL bail with two guarantors.
– Opposition party CHP deputy leader criticized the government for appointing Karahasan as TRT’s Cyprus correspondent.
– The fake diploma scandal involved multiple high-profile figures in the north’s education system.
– Turkey’s higher education council announced intentions to prepare a report on the state of the north’s education system.
– Former ‘education minister’ Kemal Durust was arrested for fraudulently obtaining money and his wife was arrested for receiving a fake diploma.
Our View: Akel, ’s May Day message may have completely missed the mark
Fact: Sotiroulla Charalambous, the general secretary of the Akel union federation Peo, discussed important Marxist ideas such as the exploitation of workers and the class struggle in an interview given on May Day.
HMRC collected £95.2 billion in business taxes in the last tax year – Accountancy Age
Fact: £95.2 billion was collected in business taxes from April 2023 to March 2024.
AG: Police must do more to protect public prosecutors
Fact: Attorney-general George Savvides called for further action by the police to protect public prosecutors following bombings of prosecutors’ cars.