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New data shows there’s currently more than 20,000 Christmas jobs available in the UK – including hundreds in Birmingham. This makes the festive season is the perfect time to earn some extra cash. With December 25 fast approaching, you’d be forgiven for worrying how you are going to make ends …

There were large protests against Narendra Modi in July (Pic: Guy Smallman) I was enraged to hear that the Labour Party had declared the question of Kashmir to be a “bilateral issue” between India and Pakistan in which Labour will not interfere. It has done this despite it being the site of …

If the party wins in December, Labour is targeting The Royal Mail, railways, water and energy utilities as part of its efforts to nationalise. But, many in those industries have reacted angrily to the prospect of forced nationalisation with some lawyers and shareholders arguing the move would be a “blatant …

There were contrasting fortunes last week for investors in Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) and Fuller, Smith & Turner (LSE: FSTA). The former’s shares jumped as much as 6% on Wednesday, while the latter’s were down 16% at one stage on Friday. Royal Mail’s rise came on the back of news …

KPMG has pulled the plug on its sponsorship of Prince Andrew’s Dragons Den-style entrepreneur scheme due to ‘adverse press’ in the wake of his Epstein interview, with three organisations refusing to confirm if the Duke is still a patron.  The accountancy firm has not renewed its sponsorship of the Pitch@Palace …

The impact of flooding on the Midlands is still being felt – with Worcestershire still weighed down by huge amounts of surface level water. Across the Midlands, a large number of fields are currently under water as rivers burst their banks. The  Environment Agency’s Dave Throup tweeted the “sad sight” …

Woking residents have accused Prince Andrew of being a ‘snobby idiot,’ after belittling their ‘wonderful’ town during his controversial BBC Newsnight interview. The prince insisted he could not have met Virginia Roberts at a famed celebrity nightclub and then had sex with her because he had been at a party …

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge dusted off their finery to raise the glamour stakes at tonight’s Royal Variety Performance as they arrived at the London Palladium.  The spectacular show takes place every year, either in London or in a theatre around the United Kingdom, and it’s the third time Kate …

Some elections are a clash of ideas, others a personality contest. The 2019 general election is shaping up to be a process story. Mountains of newsprint and swathes of commentary taken up with questions over the result. Will there be a hung parliament? Which parties could do deals with each …

Furious investors are preparing to fight Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to seize swathes of British businesses, arguing his nationalisation spree would be a “blatant breach of human rights” that could trigger a wave of lawsuits.  Shareholders and lawyers believe the proposals could breach international treaties and Brussels rules over state aid, and intend to fight them through …