LV faces backlash over potential payout to outgoing chief July 24, 2022 Insurance giant LV is facing backlash from members as it refuses to rule out a further bonus for controversial outgoing chief Mark Hartigan.
Rail union boss Mick Lynch warns strikes could ‘last for months’ July 24, 2022 Crippling strikes are likely to last for months longer if rail companies do not make improved pay offers for its workers, rail union boss Mick Lynch has said. Lynch, secretary-general of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), today also warned there likely would be a “rolling campaign of trade union activity” [...]
Japan approves plans to release Fukushima water into the ocean July 24, 2022 Japan's nuclear regulators have greenlit a plan to release contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.
EP: 148 Goodwood – Tuesday July 24, 2022 One of the racing highlights of the year is always the start of ‘Glorious Goodwood’ and on Tuesday we await another battle of the stayers as Stradivarius lines up once again for owner Bjorn Nielsen in the 2-mile Goodwood Cup. We hear from trainers John Gosden and Andrew Balding who both have runners in the [...]
HS2 is a ‘killer whale’ for next PM, says cabinet minister July 24, 2022 The HS2 rail project will be a “killer whale” for the next UK Prime Minister and “could “rip the arm” off their administration, according to Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse. Malthouse urged Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to ensure “we’ve got the risk assessed properly” on the near £100bn high speed rail line that will [...]
Hard-line immigration policy will ‘stifle’ growth in the capital, London firms warn Truss and Sunak July 24, 2022 A hard-line immigration policy risks tightening the labour market further and choking off economic growth in the capital, a top London business body has warned Tory leadership contenders.
Tory contender Rishi Sunak backs insulation over heat pumps as winter crisis looms July 24, 2022 Sunak has hinted that he will prioritise insulation for low-income households over new technologies such as heat pumps this winter.
Travel rebound buoying demand at Rolls-Royce, chief says July 24, 2022 The outgoing boss of Rolls-Royce Warren East said a rebound in air travel after covid was buoying demand at the jet-engine maker as he issued a bullish outlook for aviation in the face of a global recession.
EU in talks with Nigeria to replace Russian gas as UK aims to boost flows into troubled bloc July 24, 2022 The EU is in talks to buy gas from Nigeria as the bloc scrambles to secure supplies in case Russia turns off the taps ahead of winter.
Tory leadership: Truss set to attack Sunak as soft on China July 24, 2022 Liz Truss’ campaign team is reportedly set to paint Rishi Sunak as soft on China and national security as she tries to win over Tory members. Truss, who is foreign secretary, has framed herself as a foreign policy hawk in the early parts of the campaign and talked up her efforts in helping place sanctions [...]
