‘Dear CEO’: Union reps hit chief executive inboxes at 12.03am Business Union bosses flooded chief executives’ email inboxes at 12.03am, minutes after new workers’ rights rules came into effect, it has been reported. GMB representatives contacted thousands of company chiefs with a template email starting “Dear CEO” on 30 October, according to the Sunday Times. The emails reportedly informed bosses of employees’ legal rights to access [...]
Talent agency snaps up Starmer for speaking engagements Politics A celebrity talent agency has tapped former Prime Minsiter Sir Keir Starmer for speaking engagements as he looks to share his views and experiences in Downing Street at paid events. Starmer has signed up with Creative Artists Agency, an $1.1bn international business that counts celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres, Gordon Ramsay, Kamala Harris and Jacinda [...]
Must Sizewell C justify itself in pounds, shillings and pence? Opinion Must every project justify itself in pounds, shillings and pence? Sizewell C critics are missing the point, writes Charlotte Nichols.
New Mandelson files to be released ‘by Christmas’ November 5, 2026 New files relating to Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador are expected to be published by Christmas, City AM can reveal. The senior civil servant Cat Little has written to MPs, saying the Metropolitan Police has allowed the government to publish new files which were previously held back by the Metropolitan Police pending an [...]
Burnham’s Ten Year Plan: a Poundland in every postcode? November 5, 2026 You may barely be over the excitement of the Budget, but brace yourselves: Andy Burnham’s Ten Year Plan for Britain is coming into view. Expect a ban on Smoky Bacon flavour crisps and a state-run Poundland in every postcode. The PM’s ‘Brexit reset’ will see the UK sign up to all the latest EU rules [...]
Will Andy Burnham’s stockpile missive start a tinned food revolution? November 5, 2026 If you are old enough to remember 70s London you will have heard of Big Biba, the fashion retailer that expanded into a huge, seven-storey department store on Kensington High Street in 1974. The opening of Big Biba mesmerised Londoners: the shopping experience was unlike anything else. The walls were adorned with groovy patterns while [...]
OBR warns Healey: Stealth taxes to blame for living standards slump November 4, 2026 Stealth taxes are one of three main reasons that British households are set to suffer near-stagnant disposable income growth in the current decade, the government’s budget watchdog has said. Office for Budget Responsibility chief Professor David Miles said that fiscal drag, whereby a freeze on income thresholds pulled more people into higher tax rates as [...]
Haigh refuses to say when Labour will ‘get welfare bill down’ November 4, 2026 Andy Burnham’s deputy Louise Haigh refused to say when Labour will “get the welfare bill down” while adding the government would aim to “invest in success” when asked whether more taxes would cover increases in the benefits bill. Haigh, who is referred to as the Prime Minister’s “enforcer” and stood in for Deputy Prime Minister’s [...]
‘Punishing’ Autumn Budget tax trap set to deal further blow to HENRYs November 4, 2026 Thousands of UK workers are set to face an effective 64 per cent tax rate on their cash savings under a fresh tax raid launched by John Healey in his maiden Budget. The Chancellor confirmed he will hike taxes on savings by a further two per cent in April 2027, taking the rate to 44 [...]
Baillie Gifford trust chair to raise activist campaign complaints with City minister November 4, 2026 The City minister has offered to meet the chair of Baillie Gifford’s US Growth to discuss potential safeguards for the investment trust industry, after the FTSE 250 trust was swept up in a years-long activist campaign waged by US hedge fund Saba Capital. Lucy Rigby or her officials will meet US Growth (USA) chair Tom [...]