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For broadcasters, it has become a familiar phrase: “We approached the government for comment, but no one was available.” Journalists such as Emily...
Later this month, young people across the country will be opening their exam results and looking ahead to an exciting future. I hope that many of them...
People from around the world come to use the UK’s financial markets to fund their ventures, build their economies and make a return. Yet, for years,...
[Re: FCA reveals major consumer regulation shake-up but delays deadlines after industry protest, July 27] The three-month extension for financial...
As the Tory leadership race drags on, promises and policies of all kinds have been thrown at us, served with a side of U-turns reminiscent of the very...
The word flexibility is now unfailingly associated with remote and hybrid working, when really it means so much more when it comes to employment....
Inflation is soaring and the UK’s food and drink manufacturers are under incredible pressure. No one can remember such sustained, relentless price...
[Re: Brits face jump in interest payments of £1.67bn, yesterday] A rate rise will have ripple effects for the wider economy, with commodities prices...
All the Labour Party had to do was to cede the entire summer to Tory infighting. But when it comes to factionalist fights among themselves, Labour are...
As the Conservative leadership contest ploughs on through the summer and the final two candidates talk tax cuts and public spending neither are...
[Re: England Women set for sponsorship offers after Euros success turns Lionesses into stars, August 2] As a footballer myself, I was especially...
In the context of a tumultuous political landscape, the Online Safety Bill, designed to regulate tech giants, fell off the agenda as a result of a...
Britain has an obesity problem – and it’s getting worse. According to a report from the King’s Fund think tank, the proportion of obesity in...
Since the early 2000s, the Financial Conduct Authority has been pushing hard on its “treating customers fairly” agenda. The principles behind the...
[Re: UK in talks with Israel for post-Brexit trade deal as £34bn contract up for grabs, July 20] A new trade deal between Britain and Israel,...
Yesterday the first container ship filled with grain left Ukraine after months of impasse. It was a huge breakthrough, enabled by a deal brokered by...
Ten years ago, it would have been hard to imagine an end to the all-conquering forces of globalisation. Our world has been on a one-way ticket to...
Amidst the politicking that inevitably surrounds any leadership race, a handful of Conservative MPs have demanded a review of our commitment to...
HOW many of us have gotten lost in the maze between Bank and Monument station? Imagine how much harder it would be if you suddenly couldn’t remember...
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will be glad the hottest day of the heatwave is over, because for the Conservative party it will be a long summer of heavy...
The initial Conservative leadership debates were scattergun, trying to cover a broad range of social issues. But now we have two candidates, it has...
In the past few weeks, Vladimir Putin has significantly reduced gas supplies to European countries, cementing the fact that Europe should begin...
[RE: ESG faces reckoning after being ‘hijacked’ by marketeers, EY sustainability chief warns] ESG faces reputational risk, following several cases...
Public procurement is a third of all government spending, a tenth of the entire economy, yet it is a topic that attracts almost no media attention....
On Tuesday, the London Fire Brigade had over 2,000 calls on its busiest day since the Blitz. Extreme heat in the capital and across the nation sparked...
[Re: Zahawi to outline plan to change EU’s City rules, July 18] The Financial Services and Markets Bill is a welcome step to help Authorised Push...
Phew, What A Scorcha! No, not a tabloid headline from this week, but from 1976. As many have pointed out already, in that distant summer Britain...
[Re: The dizzying tax promises of the Tory campaigns aren’t enough for the City, July 18] The dizzying tax promises as Eliot Wilson calls them are...
It’s a tricky time for pubs – again. Amidst rising energy costs and staff shortages, pubs are struggling to keep their doors open. Fifteen per...
The candidates to be Britain’s next Conservative leader spent the weekend in a series of spats over economic plans for the future of the UK. You...
[Re:War for talent swells new starter City pay packets, yesterday] Competition for talent is at fever pitch, and strong competition among City law...
We are now just over 100 days from Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. It only feels like yesterday that many of us in the Square Mile made the journey to...
[Re: Another one gone in Tory PM contest, July 15] It seems to me that choosing the next Tory leader could hardly be simpler. Johnson’s demise came...
Brace for more industrial action. The RMT, led by media sensation Mick Lynch, will be striking again on the July 27, right before the Commonwealth...
The Online Safety Bill – drafted with the aim of making “Big Tech” accountable for the content published on their platforms – has been delayed...
If you whisked the lawyers, accountants and consultants of five years ago to the present day, they would be pretty surprised by the way we do...
The next clean-tech boom – engineered carbon removal – is on the horizon. In the long run, it will be private investors at the front of this. And...
[Re: Lawyers should stop telling clients to pay ransoms to hackers, UK watchdogs say] The issue of paying ransoms to hackers is not as cut and dry as...
As the Conservative leadership contest unfolds, the pledge to keep on track with net zero seems to be lost. Green policies were a staple of Boris...
As hot weather hits Europe, it’s time for those who are still able to farm in Ukraine to start this year’s harvest. Even amidst a renewed, brutal...
Whilst Tory party candidates scrap about who is most committed to levelling up the regions, the latest data suggests that it’s London that will lead...
On his first day in office, Boris Johnson stood on the steps of Downing Street and committed to recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers by...
[Re: Fund managers call for FCA blockchain taskforce in plans for ‘Investment Fund 3.0’, July 7] The complete absence of regulation in the face of...
The data watchdog has admonished the Department of Health over its use of WhatsApp. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office, ministers...
As I write, every candidate vying to be the next Conservative Party leader – with the exception of Rishi Sunak – has promised major tax cuts. In...
The runners and riders battling for leadership of the Conservative Party are setting out their stalls. Tax, lockdown, defence and Brexit are all key...
As we start looking back at the legacy of Boris Johnson’s leadership, his blocking of a global agreement to scale up vaccine production, at the...
[Re: Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone charged with fraud by the CPS over failure to declare £400m assets, June 11] It is noteworthy that HMRC is...