Criminal barristers have voted to accept the government’s pay deal on legal aid fees and end their indefinite strike. The offer by the justice secretary, Brandon Lewis, included a 15% increase in legal aid fees to “the vast majority of ...
An investment vehicle designed to pump cash into agricultural land has shelved plans for an initial public offering in London due to “high levels of market volatility and uncertainty”. The Sustainable Farmland Trust, which announced plans for an IPO last ...
The Government will go full steam ahead with its plans to cap revenues renewable electricity generators can make from sky-high wholesale power prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Downing Street had been urging electricity generators to agree voluntarily to 15-year fixed-price ...
KYIV — Explosions shook the Ukrainian capital on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of a terrorist attack on a bridge linking Russia and Crimea, sparking calls for reprisals from top officials in Moscow. Thick smoke rose from ...
Only three companies out of 20 have published objectives for employee mental health management, a study from British charity investment manager CCLA revealed on Monday, despite “clear evidence” that such targets can save money. CCLA’s new investor benchmark, which assessed ...
TORONTO — Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said there is scope to slow the economy based on an “exceptionally high number” of job vacancies in the labor market. In an interview aired on CBC Radio on Sunday, Mr. Macklem ...
LONDON/NEW YORK — Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter takeover saga comes with all the drama necessary to be immortalized in case studies for future captains of industry, as the tycoon’s on-off pursuit of the social media platform and unique management ...
The Fed is about to get its wish, as the stock market is showing the ominous signs that lead to significant losses. Hint: short sellers are increasing, and buyers are walking away. The negative scenario I described in last week’s “Elvis ...
DUBAI — Female students in Tehran chanted “get lost” as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited their university campus on Saturday and condemned protesters enraged by the death of a young woman in custody, videos on social media showed. Mr. Raisi ...
PARIS — A group of French intellectuals including Nobel literature prize winner Annie Ernaux on Sunday urged people to join protests planned by the left for next week, accusing President Emmanuel Macron of not doing enough to help the poor ...