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One third of London-based office

workers plan to quit their jobs

A round a third of office work-
ers in London plan to quit their
jobs, research has found.
Researchers surveyed more
than 2,000 workers in the capital
and found that 33 per cent are ac-
tively looking for new roles.
Employees cited a lack of flexi-
bility, poor work/life balance and
wanting a higher salary as the
main drivers fuelling their desire
for change.
One in ten (12 per cent) said a
Night Tube services to lack of access to appropriate tech-
restart Jubilee line in May nology as their reason for quit-
ting while one in four (26%) said
they want more opportunity for in three (30 per cent) actively The survey also revealed a quar-
NIGHT Tube services will ed in March 2020 due to the career progression. looking for a new role. ter (26 per cent) of office workers
return to the Jubilee line on coronavirus pandemic. Across the UK, people aged This compares to just one in in London feel a lot more positive
21 May, Transport for London The return of the Night Tube between 25 and 34 are the most eight (13 per cent) of those aged about their career prospects now
(TfL) has announced. has also been unpopular with likely to depart with almost one 55 and over. than they did pre-pandemic.
Trains will run through the the union.
night on Fridays and Satur- Strike action by the RMT has
days, joining the Central and severely hampered the service Mistrust fuelled low Covid vaccine
Victoria lines which resumed since its resumption in No-
night services in November. vember. In January, the union
The Northern and Piccadilly said its drivers would be strik- uptake by minorities, UCL study finds
line night services will return ing every Friday and Saturday
in the summer, TfL says. night for six months, following INITIAL take-up of Covid jabs er uptake of other vaccines due to
The National Union of Rail, on from strikes in December. was lower in the capital because higher ethnicity, greater depriva-
Maritime and Transport Work- TfL says that despite the some Londoners had a “critical” tion and greater population turno-
ers (RMT) has not ruled out action, both the Victoria and lack of trust in the new vaccines and ver than the rest of the country.
strike action. Central lines are running on in the authorities promoting and The study involved surveys and in-
The Night Tube was suspend- weekends. administering them, a study has terviews with borough council offi-
found. cials and the staff in the capital’s five
It also pointed to “barriers” in get- NHS integrated care systems.
ting the vaccines to zero-hour and Thirteen councils said that, for
shift-workers, many of whom felt ethnic minority residents, vaccine
Safety checks cause there were more “costs than bene- hesitancy resulted from distrust of
fits” because of the time off needed
Metropolitan line disruption to get a jab and the risk of side ef- government institutions due to “in-
equalities, deep rooted racism and
fects.
But it said the switch away from historic injustices”.
URGENT safety checks are be- increased the rate of inspection relatively inaccessible mass vacci- This included concerns among
ing carried out on trains running of these trains to make detailed nation centres, such as the ExCeL residents with a lack of ID, proof
on the Metropolitan line section checks of the entire fleet,” a TfL centre, to a “hyper local” supply paid of address or immigration status.
of the Tube, Transport for London statement said. dividends and is the model to follow Mistrust was said to be “deeply en-
(TfL) has said. TfL is warning of se- Passengers are being advised to in future. improve uptake. grained” for some.
vere disruption as engineers check check before they travel. The study, by researchers at Uni- The first jabs were given in Decem- There was a lack of trust in the
over the entire fleet of trains which TfL announced a special service versity College London and involv- ber 2020 but uptake among black information being given about the
also run on the Circle and Ham- will be running on the line saying ing the government’s Office for Londoners in the first six months safety of vaccines, particularly in
mersmith & City lines. “Trains are operating between Bak- Health Improvement and Dispar- was 57-65 per cent of those eligible, ethnic communities and among
The trains were only introduced er Street and Amersham/Chesham ities, is the most comprehensive compared with 90 per cent in the women of child-bearing age, mostly
as a result of social media and online
in 2010, but TfL said a fault had every 30 minutes, between Baker work to date that looked at reasons white British cohort. scare stories.
London has historically had low-
for vaccine “hesitancy” and how to
been identified on some of their Street and Watford every 15 min-
wheels. utes, and between Uxbridge and
As a result engineers are increas- Aldgate every 15 minutes.”
ing the frequency of inspections. TfL said tickets are being accept- Met receives hundreds of reports a year of parents
“Safety is our top priority, and as ed on London Buses and Chiltern
a precautionary measure we have Railways. attacked by children
HUNDREDS of reports of par- 577 in 2020, including a spike the extent of so-called CAPVA in-
ents and carers being attacked when lockdown started. cidents (Child/Adolescent to Par-
by their teenage or young adult But it admitted it was “difficult ent Violence and Abuse) recorded
children are received by the Met- to accurately assess the scale” of in Met police data.
ropolitan police every year, a threats and violence across the It aimed to “shine a light” on a
ground-breaking report revealed capital as about 40 per cent of vic- little-known problem to direct re-
Tuesday. tims did not report the incidents sources into the area.
The analysis of child-to-parent due to distrust of police, fear of Experts said incidents involved
violence and abuse – primarily criminalising their children or “spitting, hitting, name calling,
young adult men attacking their suffering retribution. destroying property and threats
mother - unearthed 846 allega- The report, for City Hall’s vio- of violence” against parents and
tions in 2018, 653 in 2019 and lence reduction unit, investigated siblings.