Survey Finds

• 새로운 POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab 설문 조사에 따르면 공화당과 민주당 양측 모두 하원 선거구 획정을 독립적인 위원회가 담당하는 것에 대해 압도적으로 지지하는 것으로 나타났습니다. • 이러한 초당적 결과는 정치적 이해관계가 얽힌 선거구 획정 과정의 개혁에 대한 대중의 갈망을 시사합니다. • 이번 조사는 게리맨더링에 대한 유권자들의 좌절감을 조명하며, 공정한 대표성을 보장하기 위한 제도적 변화를 촉구하고 있습니다.

Sector cites ‘billions of pounds in additional costs’ from new business rates and increase in minimum wage thresholdsTwo-thirds of hospitality businesses are planning to cut jobs as a result of “suffocating” costs imposed by government, as new business rates and higher wage bills come into force.Many pubs, restaurants and hotel companies will see their costs increase significantly from 1 April after Rachel Reeves’s changes to business rates and an increase in minimum wage thresholds announced at the chancellor’s November budget. Continue reading...

Poll of 10,000 teachers also finds ‘overwhelming’ exam anxiety and rising absenteeism linked to poor mental healthAlmost half of primary school teachers are seeing pupils with eating disorders “at least occasionally”, rising to four in five at secondary level, according to a survey by the UK’s largest education union.The findings emerged in a poll of 10,000 teachers in English state schools about pupils’ mental health, which also revealed “overwhelming” exam anxiety in secondaries and dwindling numbers of counsellors to support students. Continue reading...