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The fragmentation, endless meetings and lack of accountability would be unthinkable in a successful business, says David Buttress Walking through the door of Number 10 Downing Street was one of the proudest moments of my…
Housing sales are forecast to have fallen to the lowest point in over three years as increased mortgage rates drive down buyer demand and the property market continues to cool. According to the Royal Institution of…
Here’s why that matters, according to Alys Denby Being a member of a political party may be a minority pursuit, but being a Conservative in London is something closer to masochism. The Party does not publish official…
He is the General Secretary of the RMT union and the man who, this week, has announced his union’s intention of holding no fewer than eight days of strike action between November and February. Three of those strike days…
Last week the Commissioner of the Met, Sir Mark Rowley , said he wanted the government to legislate to ensure that football clubs reimburse local forces when resources are required to police matches. The police chief…
Pound shop PM bargains on rescue A pound shop prime minister? That might seem a harshly premature verdict on Andy Burnham, but framed in the context of Britain’s latest high street crisis, it may just be appropriate.…
And indeed, waiting for Lyons at one of the busiest junctions in the Square Mile, I had had to stop myself several times from approaching other men for whom Lyons’ “look” – black trousers, white shirt and, most important…
"Here you will be in the kitchen, and here is the bathroom," says the deputy CEO of French real estate company Groupama Immobilier. It all sounds appealing, an upmarket flat in the west of Paris, but presently the space…
The $4.1tn (£3tn) chipmaker's board has hired New York-based Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for the investigation, which will be led by the Wachtell partner Joon Kim. The firm's website describes Kim, a former government…
There is a growing expectation among senior Labour figures that drilling in the oil field off the north-west coast of Shetland will be given the go-ahead. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Wednesday that a decision…