Mary Creagh has been appointed as Minister of Nature in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with responsibility for circular economy. Creagh was elected as the MP for Coventry East in July after previously serving as the MP for Wakefield from 2005 until 2019 when she lost …
Read More »Former business secretary Vince Cable agrees that Post Office management were ‘thugs in suits’ In testimony to the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, the former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable concurreed with a description of Post Office management as “thugs in suits”. He said that during his time …
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Postpublished at 10:48 10:48 Emily AtkinsonReporting from the inquiry We’re being shown several letters being sent from the then-postal affairs minister Ed Davey in response to correspondence sent to Cable by other MPs. A letter sent in response to a note from Norman Lamb MP, on behalf of constituent Allison …
Read More »It comes as soaring profits from the Crown Estate to £1.1 billion mean the taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant, which supports the official duties of the royal family, will increase from £86.3 million in 2024/2025 to £132 million in 2025/2026. Officials have said that the increase will be used to help fund the …
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The global pet industry will expand by more than 45% over the next six years, surpassing $500bn (£386.8bn) by 2030, according to a new report from Bloomberg Intelligence (BI). The surge will be driven by increasing pet ownership, particularly in emerging markets like China, robust sales in pet food, strong …
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Taylor Swift gave longtime fan Flavor Flav a warm shout-out during her rainy concert in Hamburg, Germany on Tuesday. The Down Bad hitmaker, 34, noticed the hip-hop legend, 65, in one of the VIP boxes at the end of her show, as she was saying goodbye to the crowd. In a clip shared …
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The third-party funder will be bankrolling over 25,000 claims in a collective action against five titans of the truck industry. Dublin-headquartered Nera Capital is set to fund a EUR 1 billion antitrust class action as consumers continue to seek redress in the ongoing trucks cartel saga. The action, which will take …
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Royal Mail is expanding its use of low-emission vehicles, adding 29 gas-powered trucks to its fleet. The 40-tonne trucks, fuelled by Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (Bio-CNG), will be introduced in the North West of England in the coming weeks, carrying mail and equipment. The vehicles can travel up to 400 miles …
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King Charles is said to be determined to evict his brother Prince Andrew from Royal Lodge, but the Windsor residence has lost none of its cachet. For I can disclose that Sarah, Duchess of York, who lives at Royal Lodge with her ex-husband Andrew, used the 30-room mansion to lure a plutocrat …
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Royal Mail has said a “super hub” for parcels at a rail freight terminal will continue to operate even though the company is scrapping its trains. Its statement came in response to a question about the future of the facility near Daventry, Northamptonshire, from the constituency’s new Conservative MP, Stuart …
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