The Government must step back if the public sector is to be overhauled
Plus: More safety red tape; paying for care; American English; darts; Syria’s crisis; and how many ‘ghost children’ are missing school?

Plus: More safety red tape; paying for care; American English; darts; Syria’s crisis; and how many ‘ghost children’ are missing school?
Labour is creating a market laden with fear that will condemn more to a life of worklessness
The UK’s benefits system is pushing millions out of our shrinking labour force
Former pastoral manager ‘feels persecuted’ over Catholic school’s reaction to Instagram posts expressing her Christian beliefs
With the mandatory pay rate matching starting salaries in many careers, middle-class graduates paying back student debts feel betrayed
And a Labour MP tells the Daily T that MPs must “hit the pause button” on assisted dying
Baroness Bottomley says if you need someone ‘to explain TikTok’ to you, then the office is the best place for it
Taxpayers foot £196m funding bill as trainees flee the profession – and the country
The Chancellor’s recklessness threatens to kill off gold-plated schemes for good
British businesses have little cause for festive cheer after a particularly punishing Budget
Tribunal rules that Jon Reeves was sexually discriminated against by financial institution
Most companies also expect profit margins to shrink, according to Bank of England survey
Business concluded that a four-day week is bad for dealing with clients
Chancellor has failed to respond to letter in ‘the hope it will go quietly away’, claims Tory MP
Plus: Family business blues; political armbands; the new Jaguar; BBC in Syria; novel junk food; and a bright future for a Shropshire town
Bonuses are coming back to the City as Britain attempts to reinvigorate risk-taking
Plus: Mauritius’s secret deal; debanking charities; M&S demolition plans; marital distance; and the inspiring restoration of Notre-Dame
Promise to raise employment to 80pc becomes ‘an ambition’ after Budget tax raid on businesses
Sectors such as retail and hospitality are expected to be hit particularly hard
The secret life of a pawnbroker: from Rolex to Cartier, there are many ways to liquidate assets
New research shows that British employees are among the world’s least happy
Recruiters sound the alarm over the deputy prime minister’s employment overhaul
Council worker wins appeal to resue her employer for sexual harassment, unfair dismissal and age discrimination