Labour’s flagship Employment Rights Bill has cleared its final parliamentary hurdle and is set to become law before Christmas, marking the most significant expansion of workers’ rights in a generation. The legislation passed its final stage in the House of Lords after Conservative peer Lord Sharpe, the shadow business andContinue Reading
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The AA has appointed advisers to explore a potential sale or stock market flotation, five years after the debt-laden roadside assistance group was taken private, as rival RAC also considers a return to public markets. The AA, which is owned by private equity firms Warburg Pincus, TowerBrook Capital Partners andContinue Reading
The proportion of people in Britain holding cryptocurrencies has fallen sharply, according to new research published by the Financial Conduct Authority, as the regulator unveils long-awaited plans to bring digital assets under formal supervision. Research commissioned by the FCA found that just 8 per cent of UK adults now ownContinue Reading
Britain can “without a doubt” compete with the United States to become a global hub for cryptoassets, the City minister has said, as the government sets out long-awaited legislation to regulate the fast-growing digital assets market. Lucy Rigby said the proposed framework showed the UK’s intention to “lead the worldContinue Reading
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The UK unemployment rate has risen to 5.1 per cent, its highest level since January 2021, as fresh data pointed to a further cooling in the labour market and slowing wage growth. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the jobless rate increased from 5 per centContinue Reading
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A Firsthand Witness to History Paul Eliacin remembers the smoke first. Thick. Dark. Unnatural. It filled the air long before the news made it clear what was happening. Three days after the September 11, 2001, attack, Paul wasn’t watching the tragedy unfold from a TV screen. He was there atContinue Reading
