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P&O Ferries U-turns on attempt to cut agency staff pay
A plan by P&O Ferries to cut the pay of agency staff has been scrapped after an employee claimed that seafarers at Dover were working without…
Sunday 25 October 2026
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A plan by P&O Ferries to cut the pay of agency staff has been scrapped after an employee claimed that seafarers at Dover were working without…
The Labour party has vowed to abolish the “non-dom” tax loophole used by the chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife to save paying up to £20m in UK…
International travel should be protected in future pandemics, MPs have urged, describing the Covid restrictions imposed by the UK government as confusing, arbitrary and disproportionate.
Britain’s hopes of a favourable post-Brexit trade deal with the US risk being undermined by the government’s lack of engagement on workers’ rights, trade unions have…
Twitter began negotiations with Elon Musk on Sunday after he wooed shareholders with financing details on his $43bn acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter said.
Prices on many Amazon products are expected to go up after the giant retailer raised the fees paid by sellers that use its shipping and storage…
Post Office bosses have been accused of dragging their heels in negotiations over compensation for scores of sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of fraud.
A senior Bank of England policymaker has said Britain’s central bank could raise rates again next month to combat the risk of high inflation persisting into…
Florida legislators passed a bill on Thursday that would revoke Walt Disney Co’s special tax status in a move widely seen as tit-for-tat for the company’s…
The owner of Pepco, Poundland and Dealz, the European discount retail brands, has pledged to “protect prices” after reporting a 17.5 per cent rise in first-half…
Elon Musk has raised $46.5 billion to fund a possible takeover bid for Twitter, with the billionaire putting up about $21 billion of his own money.
Santander is cutting the opening hours of hundreds of branches, saying it is responding to changing customer habits.
Elon Musk is in line to receive stock awards worth more than $23 billion after Tesla posted record quarterly profits.
After years of disruption, many firms are hoping for things to return to normal. But it's not yet business as usual.
Tesla has been raising prices - but that hasn't seemed to dent demand for its electric cars.