Mark Kleinman: This Post Office circus is obscuring the real drama February 29, 2024 The City's best connected columnist on the Post Office, confusion at the top of an insurer and why the Pru is looking at Hong Kong
Square Mile and Me: Town crier Alan Myatt on his accidental career and messing up names February 29, 2024 Alan Myatt, City of London town crier – and world record holder for loudest crier – tells us about his unique role in the Square Mile.
Post Office chairman asked for CEO’s pay to be doubled, MPs told February 28, 2024 The former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton urged ministers to double CEO Nick Read's pay to prevent him quitting, MPs have been told.
Extinction Rebellion blockades Lloyd’s of London building as City police make arrests February 28, 2024 Extinction Rebellion posted an image of a van full of equipment, including a megaphone and paint-covered items.
Post Office: Former chairman claims CEO was ‘set to resign over pay’ February 27, 2024 The chief executive of the Post Office is under investigation amounting to an “80-page” dossier and was close to quitting as he was “unhappy with the salary”, the former chairman Henry Staunton has claimed in a bombshell evidence session.
5 ways to keep Gen Z employees happy in the office February 27, 2024 These five tips may keep your Gen Z employees in post longer, says one HR expert
Post Office chief doesn’t ‘believe’ ex-chair Staunton’s payment delay claim is ‘true’ February 27, 2024 Post Office chief executive Nick Read has told MPs he doesn’t “believe” former chairman Henry Staunton’s claim he was told to delay Horizon compensation payments is “true”.
Horizon campaigner Alan Bates says Britain should sell ‘dead duck’ Post Office to Amazon for £1 February 27, 2024 A campaigner at the centre of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has urged the government to sell the “dead duck” organisation to “someone like Amazon for £1”.
Why high rates affect the UK’s public debt more than other G7 countries February 27, 2024 As the Chancellor comes under pressure to cut taxes in the Spring Budget, he will be forced to consider the surge in the UK's public debt interest costs.
Why is public spending central to Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget decisions? February 26, 2024 Researchers warned funding for “crowd pleasing” tax cuts “rests in large part on major cuts to public spending pencilled in after the next election”.