Labour is planning to force a vote on guaranteeing in-person banking across the country, following swathes of branch closures that have left local communities without face-to-face services. The party’s amendment to the financial services and markets bill would give City ...
Jeremy Hunt will announce today the biggest package of tax rises and spending cuts for more than a decade. The chancellor is due to address MPs at 11.30am with details of a £54 billion package to fill a hole in ...
Royal Mail confirmed plans to cut 10,000 jobs by next year as losses continue to widen as a result of ongoing strike action and inflationary pressure. Royal Mail’s parent firm International Distributions Services posted an operating loss of £163m in ...
BANGKOK — World leaders arrived in Thailand on Thursday ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the last of several of summits in the region that have been dominated by geopolitical tensions over the war in Ukraine. Thai Prime ...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — France and Spain on Thursday joined a pledge to stop sales of gasoline-driven vehicles by 2035, five years earlier than previously planned, part of efforts to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. The countries made ...
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in person over alleged leaks of their closed-door meeting at the Group of 20 (G20) summit, a rare public display of annoyance by the Chinese leader. ...
Nick Jones, the founder of Soho House, is stepping down as chief executive of the private members’ club and hotel empire he founded 27 years ago after revealing a prostate cancer diagnosis. Jones announced on Wednesday that he was “transitioning ...
The British government has blocked the takeover of the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors by a Chinese-owned manufacturer, citing “a risk to national security”. The business department’s decision on Wednesday comes more than a year after semiconductor company Nexperia first ...
Major crypto player Genesis Global Capital suspended customer redemptions in its lending business on Wednesday, citing the sudden failure of crypto exchange FTX, while court papers showed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces legal action. FTX filed for bankruptcy protection in ...
LONDON – A plan to reduce lengthy wait times in England’s state-run National Health Service for elective and cancer care by 2025 is at risk, a report said on Thursday, as funding falls behind inflation and it faces issues with ...