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Earlier this week I caught up with my friend John Sturrock. For those of you who don't know John, he is the Chief Executive of, and a senior mediator with, Core Mediation. John and his colleague Charlie Woods ran a role play mediation with ten different teams representing different governments and interest groups attempting to negotiate the UK's leaving of the EU. Although it was only a role play – the players entered into the spirit of the evening which was designed to let u

Well, here's a thing I never thought I'd say - I listened to the full budget speech last week and enjoyed it. A bit sad perhaps, but there were actually some quite funny quips in it. I thought it was quite short as budgets go, perhaps because there will be another one in the autumn. Most of the headlines have been about the fuss over whether self employed people should pay the same rate on NI contributions as people in employment, but there was a lot in the budget for HR prac

There has been a fair degree of comment recently on the concept of citizens receiving a universal basic income, or put another way would it not be fairer and simpler to guarantee a minimum income for those who couldn't earn enough to live a life free from poverty, or for some reason were unable to earn a living. I consider myself to be incredibly fortunate. I have never had to rely on the benefits system to survive having been in employment continuously since I left school in