Anger as man with guide dog told to leave Marks & Spencer shop
A senior executive at the charity Guide Dogs said he felt “publicly humiliated” when he and his guide dog, Faldo, were illegally told to leave...
HSBC suspends head of responsible investing who called climate warnings ‘shrill’
HSBC has suspended a senior banker after he referred to climate crisis warnings as “unsubstantiated” and “shrill” during a conference speech that has since been...
Pay gap in UK between bosses and workers likely to widen in 2022
The gap between the pay of bosses and employees will widen again this year after narrowing during the pandemic, research suggests. FTSE 350 chief executives...
Labour attacks ‘obscene’ waste of funds on little-used export helpline
Labour has accused the government of an obscene waste of money, after it emerged that an export hotline set up to help businesses took fewer...
Boris Johnson to stress work as the fix for cost of living crisis
Boris Johnson hopes to blunt calls for urgent action on the cost of living crisis by stressing that work is the best route out of...
‘If my £6.5m Kent mansion is sold now it could help fund Putin’s war’
It is one of Britain’s most controversial property sales. A former multimillionaire banker warns that proceeds from the disposal of his £6.5m Kent country estate...
TUC chief calls for directors of P&O Ferries to be disqualified
The head of the Trades Union Congress has written to the Insolvency Service calling for it to disqualify the directors of P&O Ferries after they...
Sizewell C ‘may cost double government estimates and take five years longer to build’
The proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station could cost UK taxpayers more than double government estimates and take an extra five years to build, according...
How the narrative of full employment Britain hides the real story | Larry Elliott
The message from the government is clear. A booming labour market represents the silver lining to the dark cloud hanging over the economy. There are...
Millionaires join Davos protests, demanding ‘tax us now’
A group of millionaires have joined protests against the World Economic Forum gathering of the business and political elite in Davos, Switzerland, demanding that governments...