Carol A Pickard

Labour draft angers unions with vow to consult business on workers’ rights

...The opposition party in 2021 pledged a list of policies, including a ban on zero hour contracts and a “right to switch off”, bundled in an “employment rights bill” it would introduce within 100 days of taking...

May 8, 2024

Labour Party UK

Tired Labour staffers chafe at holiday restrictions as election looms

...One aide to a senior Tory MP said the party’s poor polling had meant that some staffers’ mindsets were shifting towards a future in opposition....

May 10, 2024

FT Live

Managing Operational Risk in M&A Transactions

Examining the value of business licensing and property tax in the deal cycle

HS2

Taxpayers set to fund HS2 tunnel under London despite Sunak pledge

...His decision turned a line conceived as a grand project connecting England’s south and north into a truncated high speed route between London and the midlands....

May 8, 2024

Rishi Sunak

Tory donor behind Sunak private jet flight hit by £14mn asset freeze

...The freezing order was granted on March 22 after a request from a group of investors led by Kieran Gallahue, co-founder of medical company Atmas Health, who is a former non-executive director of Signifier...

April 18, 2024

Labour Party UK

Labour set to unveil weakened package of workers’ rights

...This will become a promise to consult on a fair pay agreement only in the social care sector....

May 1, 2024

Live news: Wood Group rejects takeover bid from Sidara

Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour

...Britain’s opposition Labour party has secured its second surprise defection from the ranks of Tory MPs in the space of a fortnight, in a fresh coup for leader Sir Keir Starmer....

May 8, 2024

FT Live

Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

Letter

Letter: With LVT, there’s no need for crazy property levies

...Carol Wilcox Christchurch, Dorset...

April 19, 2024

UK politics

Tory MP Elphicke defects to Labour in fresh blow to Sunak

...A Labour spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday the whip had been restored following a “full investigation” into a complaint about the post....

May 8, 2024

UK economy

Tories seize on GDP rebound as they sell recovery to sour electorate

...Conservatives on Friday wasted no time in leaping upon official figures showing a turnaround in the UK economy, as they sought to turn the page after suffering a hammering in the local elections....

May 10, 2024

HS2

Labour asks why taxpayers are set to fund HS2 work despite Sunak pledge

...His decision turned a line conceived as a grand project connecting the north and south of the country into a truncated line between London and the Midlands....

May 10, 2024

News updates from May 7: White House tries revive ceasefire talks; Stormy Daniels gives graphic account of encounter with Donald Trump at criminal trial

Michael Gove halts vote on port redevelopment plan after ArcelorMittal warning

...Michael Gove, the UK levelling-up secretary, has intervened to halt a decision on plans to redevelop a commercial port in south-east England after a warning by steel group ArcelorMittal....

May 7, 2024

UK local elections 2024: How the results unfolded

Election results ‘disappointing’ says Sunak

...a place that he had to win to be on track to win a general election, and that hasn’t happened,” he said....

May 3, 2024

Nadhim Zahawi

Nadhim Zahawi’s lawyer at risk of sanction over alleged use of ‘Slapp’

...It is the first time a solicitor has been referred to a tribunal over an alleged ‘Slapp’ — a strategic lawsuit against public participation....

May 9, 2024

Labour Party UK

Labour to axe government’s ‘levelling up’ phrase

...Rayner is currently the subject of a police investigation into her tax arrangements from a decade ago....

April 29, 2024

UK local elections 2024: How the results unfolded

Five takeaways from the results so far

...But a win for Conservative Ben Houchen as Tees Valley mayor offers the Tories a glimmer of hope....

May 3, 2024

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

Transcript

Transcript: Will the economy save Sunak?

...Anna GrossNot quite as big a name, but still, you know. Jim Pickard Former FT writer. Anna GrossFormer FT writer....

March 22, 2024

UK local elections 2024: How the results unfolded

Labour party claims win in East Midlands

...Labour said the area covered more than a dozen key Parliamentary battleground seats including Mansfield, Bolsover, South Derbyshire and Bassetlaw, and was therefore “the beating heart of the general election...

May 3, 2024

News in-depthScottish National Party

Labour scents opportunity in SNP disarray

...a competent government....

April 29, 2024

Labour Party UK

Labour shadow justice secretary defends UK’s membership of ECHR

...a Brexit treaty....

April 21, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: Labour’s worst nightmare?

...Lucy FisherAnd the FT’s Jim Pickard. Hello, Jim. Jim PickardHi. [MUSIC PLAYING] George Galloway in clipKeir Starmer, this is for Gaza....

March 1, 2024

UK local elections 2024: How the results unfolded

Labour says Tees Valley’s Houchen ‘ran as an independent’

...Instead, Labour achieved a swing of 16.7 per cent, which, the party said, would put it on track to win every seat in the area at a general election....

May 3, 2024

Transcript

Transcript: Tory ‘red wall’ seats under threat

...Lucy FisherAnd Jim Pickard. Hi, Jim. Jim PickardHello....

April 3, 2024

UK politics

Starmer calls for police investigation into Tory MP Mark Menzies

...In 2014 Menzies resigned as a ministerial aide following allegations reportedly made by a Brazilian male escort....

April 18, 2024

UK local elections 2024: How the results unfolded

Labour wins Milton Keynes for the first time since 2000

...Milton Keynes is the kind of council in southern England that Labour needs to win to achieve a sufficient majority in parliament....

May 3, 2024

Rail

Labour pledges to fully renationalise rail network

...Andy Bagnall, chief executive of Rail Partners, which represents the rail industry, said “nationalisation is a political rather than a practical solution which will increase costs over time”....

April 24, 2024

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