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Read More »Labour ditches nationalisation pledge | Morning Star
LABOUR was accused of funnelling public profit to shareholders today after it said that the party would not bring energy, rail and water into public ownership if they won the next election. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme today that the party had ditched its earlier manifesto ideals …
Read More »Berenberg Bank Cuts Royal Mail (OTCMKTS:ROYMY) Price Target to GBX 480
Royal Mail (OTCMKTS:ROYMY – Get Rating) had its price objective decreased by Berenberg Bank from GBX 575 ($6.93) to GBX 480 ($5.78) in a research report report published on Friday, The Fly reports. A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on ROYMY. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced …
Read More »The Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham this Thursday but when is the opening ceremony and who is performing?
The UK is in the midst of a huge sporting summer. While the Women’s Euros are still in full swing – that competition is about to be joined by the start of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. With the Games’ baton now having passed through most parts of the UK …
Read More »Villagers to lose their Post Office for a month while it is refurbished
Villagers are to lose their Post Office for a month while it undergoes a major refurbishment. The Post Office has confirmed that Great Easton Post Office and Stores, in High Street, Great Easton, near Market Harborough, will be temporarily closed from next Monday (August 1). The work is expected to …
Read More »Lloyds and Halifax to shut 66 bank branches, including 2 in Devon
Lloyds Banking Group has announced a further 66 branches across its Lloyds Bank and Halifax locations will close permanently later this year. This is the fourth announcement of closures from the banking group in recent months, marking another nail in the coffin for the UK high street. The bank closures …
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn calls for ‘radical economic alternative’ including nationalisation plan to tackle cost-of-living crisis
The former Labour Party leader said “greed, profits and inequality continue to grow” despite the crisis Jeremy Corbyn has called for a “radical economic alternative” to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Mr Corbyn, who has been heavily critical of the current Government and outgoing prime Minister Boris Johnson, has taken now …
Read More »Essex Post Office boss cleared of historic criminal charges as scandal over Horizon programme rumbles on
An Essex Post Office boss, who has one of five who were convicted as a result of a computer systems scandal, has been cleared by the Court of Appeal. On Monday, Duranda Clarke, of Thaxted, as well as Robert Boyle, Jack Smith, Grant Allen and Richard Hawkes all had their …
Read More »Starmer blames retreat from nationalisation pledge on post-pandemic debt
Sir Keir Starmer has said he changed his mind on nationalisation because of ballooning post-pandemic debt, indicating that a Labour Government would fix “broken” water and energy markets through regulation first. The Labour leader distanced himself from his own pledge when he was running for the party’s leadership in 2019 …
Read More »Brighton and Hove’s Royal Mail sorting office move
SENIOR councillors are being asked to approve a series of related land deals this week that could bring scores of new homes to two key sites in Brighton and Hove. The homes would be built on the Royal Mail offices in North Road, Brighton, and Denmark Villas, Hove, while a …
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