Britain must stick to its plan to stop selling new full hybrid cars without a plug from 2030 or risk a “catastrophic misstep” that undermines its net zero ambitions, the motoring group Electric Vehicles UK (EVUK) has warned. The Department for Transport (DfT) will ban the sale of purely petrolContinue Reading
Nick Clegg, the former British deputy prime minister, has stepped down from his post as president of global affairs and communications at Meta, having sold almost $19m (£15m) worth of the tech giant’s shares during his six-year tenure. Clegg, 57, still retains close to 39,000 Meta shares, worth around $21mContinue Reading
Sterling has tumbled to its weakest level since April following stark warnings from an influential survey that Britain may be on the brink of an industrial recession. The pound dropped by 1pc against the dollar on Thursday, slipping below $1.24, amid growing concerns that the UK economy is faltering. InContinue Reading
Apple has pledged to pay $95 million (£77 million) to settle a US class-action lawsuit alleging that Siri, its virtual assistant, recorded private conversations without users’ consent. The proposed settlement, filed in a federal court in Oakland, California, comes after a five-year legal dispute and covers tens of millions ofContinue Reading
Marco Longhi, the former Conservative MP for Dudley North, has joined Nigel Farage’s Reform UK after accusing his old party of having been “captured by a left-wing influence masquerading as conservatism”. He is the third ex-Tory MP to defect to Reform UK since last year’s general election, following Aidan BurleyContinue Reading
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