MPs warned about dangerous Pedicab drivers ahead of new licensing regime February 29, 2024 MPs were warned yesterday about allegedly dangerous pedicab drivers as the government looks to regulate the controversial mode of transport.
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.
Spring Budget 2024: What do ‘the five families’ of Tory MPs want to see Jeremy Hunt announce? February 28, 2024 For Conservative MPs, Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget, represents a chance to reverse their party's fortunes and appeal to voters with 'real' Tory-ism.
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.
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”.
Spring Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt expected to announce new tax on vaping February 27, 2024 Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a new tax on vaping products at next week’s Budget.
Grocery inflation hits lowest level in two years, but non-food items keep rising February 27, 2024 Shop price inflation or the rate at which these goods increase has slowed to 2.5 per cent in February, marking the lowest level recorded in close to two years. British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) latest reading showed food inflation also slowed to 5.0 per cent this month, down from 6.1 per cent in January and is [...]
Budget: Hunt should prioritise cutting ‘damaging’ stamp duty rather than income tax, IFS says February 27, 2024 Despite the government's parlous fiscal position, with debt at its highest level since the 1960s, Jeremy Hunt is all but certain to unveil tax cuts in the Budget next week.
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”.