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Founded in 1994, Corporate Research Forum (CRF) is a membership organisation whose international focus is on research, discussion and the practical application of contemporary topics arising from people management, learning and organisation development.

You'd think their cuttings service might be dominated by stuff on gender pay issues at the moment.

Meanwhile, former Africa Correspondent Jane Standley tells the Guardian about mascara and covering South Sudan, and why she left the BBC. The Mail says Anita Anand was dropped by Radio 4 from Any Answers ?, for fear of BBC pay being on listeners' agenda. In a 'with friends like these' moment, Tory MP Andrew Bridgen thinks this is daft. ‘What the BBC is saying is that none of the victims of pay discrimination can be trusted to discuss the issue impartially and fairly. It smacks of some sort of throwback to the days of Soviet Pravda.’