City of London reforms risk repeat of Equitable Life savings scandal, warns Bank of England
Brexit freedoms in the City of London risk triggering an Equitable Life-style scandal that could leave policyholders nursing huge losses,...
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Watchdog raises alarm as privatised Green Investment Group falls behind
Trustees of Britain’s green investment bank have raised the alarm over its operations for the first time since its sale...
Treasury set for £11bn windfall from growth and plunging energy prices
The Treasury will bank a £11bn windfall from a stronger than expected economy and plunging energy prices, economists have said,...
Police chief to retire for just 34 days because of pension quirk
A police chief will retire for just 34 days before restarting in the same role after being allowed to take...
Need to transfer euros to pounds?
Sharp fluctuations in the EUR/GBP exchange rate have been triggered in recent times by major events such as Brexit, the...
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit freedoms could trigger £80bn science funding boom
Brexit freedoms unveiled by Rishi Sunak are set to help Britain unleash an £80 billion science funding boom, The Telegraph...
Rishi Sunak more trusted by public on the economy than Keir Starmer, poll shows
When asked about the five pledges set out by Mr Sunak, the public believed that the Prime Minister had a...
Billionaire Winklevoss brothers fight to keep their crypto empires
The Winklevoss twins, meanwhile, have seen their worth fall from around $4bn each to just over $1bn apiece. The pair...
Winter sun holiday destinations where the pound goes furthest
Yet currencies in other popular destinations have strengthened far more against the pound over the past year. Though it may...
Brussels trashes Ireland’s economic model with meddling on Big Tech
In the years that followed, tech giants including Facebook, now known as Meta, LinkedIn and Twitter all set up in...
