Peers call on regulator to halt ‘name and shame’ plans as City fury grows April 22, 2024 An influential group of peers has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to halt plans to ‘name and shame’ the firms it is investigating as fury over the proposals grows in the City.
Made Tech shares jump 35 per cent as lucrative government contract announced April 22, 2024 Since 2019, data services firm Made Tech has won three major government contracts worth a combined total of around £12.6m.
Mark Menzies quits as Tories say conduct fell ‘below standards expected of MPs’ April 21, 2024 Mark Menzies has quit the Conservative Party and will leave Parliament at the next election after an internal investigation found “behaviour below the standards expected of MPs”.
Liz Truss admits she should have met Andrew Bailey while in No10 April 21, 2024 Liz Truss has admitted she should have met with Andrew Bailey while she was in No10.
Novacyt: UK Government’s £135m lawsuit against Covid-19 test-maker set for trial April 19, 2024 Biotech firm Novacyt will be in the English High Court in June as it is set to defend itself against the UK Government's £135m lawsuit over covid tests
IMF says the UK will be the fastest-growing major economy in Europe next year April 16, 2024 The projections suggest the UK economy is unlikely to generate much momentum this year, and will lag all G7 economies apart from Germany.
Sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ to become a criminal offence April 16, 2024 This comes after the Government made reforms in the Online Safety Act last year to criminalise the sharing of ‘deepfake’ intimate images for the first time.
Rachel Reeves tells the City she wants to close gender pay gap if she becomes first female chancellor April 16, 2024 Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour is "under no illusions about the scale of challenge Labour will inherit."
Industrial Revolution: ‘History of Britain needs rewriting’ following new research April 14, 2024 The industrial revolution. Think railways, factories and mills, the rapid intrusion of 'dark Satanic mills' on England's previously 'green and pleasant lands'.
UK economy grows in February as recovery gathers steam April 12, 2024 The figures will raise hopes that the UK economy can move on from a disappointing 2023.