The Prince of Wales has launched the Royal British Legion’s (RBL) centenary poppy appeal with his wife and said the floral tribute was “as relevant today as it ever was”. Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall met 10 volunteer collectors – one for each decade of the appeal – at …
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CHRISTMAS will soon be upon us and so will the rush to make sure you have posted all of your presents and gifts on time. Here are the final dates you can send off your gifts and cards with Royal Mail to make sure they arrive on time. Already the shops …
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The final round of reforms to the financial sector following the banking royal commission have been introduced to federal parliament. Four bills were brought to parliament on Thursday, which would see six recommendations from the Hayne royal commission implemented. Among those was the financial accountability regime be extended to all …
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will live to regret their ‘poisonous choice’ of cutting people out of their lives, a royal author has claimed. Commentator Tom Bower, who is currently working on a biography of Meghan, 40, told Closer magazine the ‘stubborn’ mother-of-two will regret cutting ties with her father …
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The world’s first-ever stamp will go up for auction in a few weeks’ time. An unused Penny Black is part of a document that’s expected to sell for between €4 and 7 million. The Penny Black was the world’s first stamp – and this one is from the very first …
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Before publishing its financial results for the third quarter, the company’s stock moved forward from $344.90 to $377.24, resulting in over 9% profit. However, the worth is sharply dropped to $344.29, losing 8% because of earnings for the third quarter that significantly declined from the same period last year. While …
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Tanker drivers employed by Turners (Soham) on the Cargill contract in Liverpool have secured a bumper 17.5% pay deal, Unite has announced. The 24 tanker drivers, who deliver bulk liquid food products to food manufacturers across the UK, are to receive a 17.5% increase in all elements of their …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1153/33227 From The Socialist newspaper, 27 October 2021 Photo: Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge) Former Royal Mail worker Despite the promise of benefiting delivery workers’ conditions, the rollout of the ‘Pathway to Change Agreement’ between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) is proving to …
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Royal experts suggested today that there could now be a ‘reassessment and possibly a slight gear change in the kind of work the Queen does’ after the monarch last night dramatically pulled out of attending Cop26. Six days before the 95-year-old due to attend a reception and give a speech …
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Graph of price moves, possibly in FTSE 100 In early trading Tuesday morning, the Quantum Blockchain Technologies (LSE: QBT) share price spiked 25% to 2.7p. At the time of writing, the shares are back a bit to 2.5p. But that’s still a gain of 15% on the day so far. …
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