London hiring slumps as employers suffer from rising costs September 8, 2025 London hiring has continued its steep decline as employers suffer the consequences of Reeves’ tax raid and rising costs. The latest jobs report from KPMG and the REC showed demand for workers in the capital has “continued to deteriorate” with both permanent placements and temp billings slumping further. Permanent staff places, hires with no fixed [...]
Healey says Rayner ‘not a victim’ amid Labour reshuffle discontent September 7, 2025 Angela Rayner is “not a victim” and “any government is stronger” with her, a Cabinet minister has said after a reshuffle following her resignation saw tensions flare within Labour. Defence Secretary John Healey defended Sir Keir Starmer’s “clear, swift, fair action” following his former deputy’s admission that she mistakenly underpaid stamp duty on a seaside [...]
PM ‘to move asylum seekers into barracks’ after Home Office shake-up September 7, 2025 Shabana Mahmood is expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels into military barracks as the Government seeks to harden its immigration policy amid rising numbers of crossings in the Channel. The newly appointed Home Secretary is reportedly set to announce the use of Ministry of Defence sites to house people after a [...]
Ex-FA chief Alex Horne: Club game, regulator and football finance September 7, 2025 Since September began the world of football has continued to offer talking point after talking point. The Premier League transfer window closed to bring the curtain down on a summer splurge which topped £3bn for the first time; the Independent Football Regulator published its first piece of official policy ahead of its November detachment from [...]
Minister rules out early election amid Government reshuffle September 6, 2025 A senior minister has denied the Government is in crisis after Angela Rayner’s resignation over her tax affairs triggered a major Cabinet reshuffle. Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones said Sir Keir Starmer now has the “strongest team” in place after his former deputy quit for breaching the ministerial code. He ruled out [...]
The learning machine: How did Bill Gates become so successful? September 6, 2025 Bill Gates’ new autobiography recounts an unusual childhood, says Rainer Zitelmann Bill Gates, who is turning 70 this October, recently released an autobiography exploring his childhood and formative years, Source Code: My Beginnings. The book’s key themes include learning, rebellion, ambition and competitiveness. One of the formative experiences he recounts is how he used methodical [...]
Nigel Farage: Labour government will collapse in 2027 September 5, 2025 Nigel Farage has set his sights on a General Election in 2027 due to the collapse of the Labour government as he geared up electoral planning at Reform’s party conference. Moving his speech forward three hours to deliver his response to Angela Rayner’s resignation as deputy prime minister, Farage said the government was “deep in [...]
Trump’s tech love-in highlights Musk rift as Silicon Valley backs AI push September 5, 2025 President Donald Trump’s White House dinner with the chiefs of the US’s biggest tech companies was meant to showcase unity between the president and Silicon Valley. Instead, the glaring absence of Elon Musk underscored the growing rift between the one-time allies as rivals like Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman lined up to praise [...]
Private equity deals bounce back after sluggish start to the year September 5, 2025 UK private equity deals bounced back in the later stage of the first half of 2025, as investors became increasingly optimistic about growth opportunities. The total deal value for UK private equity deals dropped 5.3 per cent to £55.7bn, broadly mirroring the rest of Europe, according to new analysis from financial data platform PitchBook. However, [...]
London Stock Exchange boss: Fix underinvestment for growth September 5, 2025 The boss of the London Stock Exchange has urged the government to fix investment in capital markets to achieve economic growth. Dame Julia Hoggett, the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, has backed the new ‘Tell Sid’-style campaign announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves this year in a bid to get Brits investing. Hoggett told [...]