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Voter ID reforms are fixing a problem that never existed in UK elections December 13, 2022 Next May, people across England and Northern Ireland will head to the polls for the local elections. But some may find they may not be able to vote, unless they have the right kind of photo identification. It will be the first time new voter ID rules will be put to the test, despite a [...]
We don’t need more puppet devolution with Whitehall still holding the purse strings December 13, 2022 There is no doubt in my mind that devolution is the right way forward for local politics and for the UK as a whole. As a former Mayor and local politician, I know that if you want to make a difference to your local community, and if you want to improve the place where you [...]
Energy firms say they want to do good, so why don’t they care about social mobility? December 13, 2022 The UK’s Big Six energy companies have raked in more than a billion pounds of profit as record hikes in bills force many families to choose between heating and eating this winter. Yet not a single one of them could be bothered to enter the country’s leading Index on how well employers are doing to [...]
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas December 13, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried - founder of the collapsed FTX exchange - has been arrested at his home in the Bahamas.
Bank of England ramps up CBDC ambitions after offering £200,000 wallet contract to bidders December 12, 2022 The Bank of England has underlined its desire to pursue a CBDC by putting a contract for a sample wallet out to tender.
Octopus’ deal for Bulb could breach EU state aid rules, argues Centrica December 12, 2022 The sale of Bulb Energy to Octopus Energy could breach EU state aid rules in Northern Ireland, argued Centrica.
Rail strikes: More competition could see unrest become a thing of the past December 12, 2022 Government cannot continue to abdicate responsibility - it is time to bang some heads together to end the rail strikes
Maersk appoints logistics boss Vincent Clerc to top job December 12, 2022 Maersk has appointed shipping veteran Vincent Clerc to the top job as outgoing boss Soren Skou stepped down after over six years at the company’s helm. Chairman Robert M. Uggla said Clerc – who has led Maersk’s ocean and logistics branch since 2019 and will take over from Skou on 1 January – was the [...]
GSK moves new HQ to central London December 12, 2022 GSK today announced that it would be moving its new global headquarters to central London and away from the outskirts. The company will move to the new headquarters in 2024 from its current location in Brentford, West London. The site (currently known as the Earnshaw), which is under construction and scheduled for completion next year, [...]
Credit Suisse took suspicious invoices as backing for £114m Greensill loan December 12, 2022 Credit Suisse accepted suspicious invoices from Sanjeev Gupta’s metals empire as collateral for a $140m (£114m) loan to Greensill Capital, just months before it collapsed in October 2020, according to reports. The Swiss bank accepted invoices, issued by Gupta’s Liberty Commodities and sold to Greensill, as collateral on the loan, even though several of the [...]
