Category: Communication

Chore Wars: how the division of housework can make or break a marriage

Anna’s view No matter how modern a relationship or reconstructed the male, the division of chores in a marriage is contentious. When my husband declares, “This house is a pigsty”, it feels like a slur on my character and morals. Even though it is equally a slur on his character and morals. The subtext, whether

Q&A: The GSK scandal and what happens next

What has GlaxoSmithKline done wrong? Britain’s largest drugs company has admitted that its staff used a £320 million travel budget in China to channel kickbacks towards doctors who prescribed its drugs. Some of this hospitality fund was used for legitimate purposes but other payments went to corrupt travel agents who offered cash, gifts and even

Insurers cry ‘foul’ over rising claims of industrial deafness

Claims for industrial deafness have surged in the past five years amid fears that it has become a new hunting ground for claims management firms and personal injury lawyers. Days after the Association of British Insurers warned that industrial deafness had become a new “cash cow” for the legal profession, leading insurers have published figures

Met under fire after blunders in hunt for Alice Gross

Scotland Yard was facing criticism over its handling of the disappearance of the teenager Alice Gross after it emerged that officers waited four days before asking Latvia for help in hunting down the main suspect. Detectives finally approached the Latvian authorities at the weekend for assistance in its search for Arnis Zalkalns, a convicted murderer