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Worried onlookers on the Western Ave, A40, London, can be seen honking their horns while driving alongside the Royal Mail truck in an attempt to get … Source link

Investors now have certainty and they will cheer it by sending shares higher this morning. Even if the exit poll’s prediction of an 86-seat Tory majority is out by some way, a big Conservative win is now assured. Thanks to the pledges made by the party’s candidates to vote Boris …

A Labour Government would wipe £367bn off the value of Britain’s listed companies and send the pound plunging, economists warned ahead of Thursday’s General Election as polls showed the race is too close to call. The party’s plan to hike business taxes to one of the highest rates in the western world …

Now even China is complaining about the effect the university strikes are having on its students It used to be students leading the protests at university campuses, campaigning for peace and love. Today it is academics demanding preservation of their gold-plated pensions. Passions are nevertheless running high on campus, with …

A Royal Mail van drives through the Drumochter Pass in Scotland on March 11. In October, 100,000 Royal Mail staff voted to go on strike over job … Source link

Claim John McDonnell claims a Labour government would save families more than £6,700 a year. Background In a speech in Birmingham on Wednesday, the shadow chancellor will claim most households have been hit by the rising cost of living under the Tories. He will say households would save about £6,700 …

Spatial analysis and planning solutions company Geoplan is celebrating its 35 year anniversary and a record year of growth. The firm reports a 2019 turnover of £2.3m, up 10.1 per cent on 2018. It predicts 13 per cent growth in 2020, and as a result said it will now extend …

Labour’s plan to renationalise large chunks of the economy risks years of disruption that could delay Britain’s transition to a low-carbon economy, a thinktank has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that taking water, energy companies, the Royal Mail and railways under state control would be costly, complex and …

London’s property market is set for a major boost this week despite political uncertainties, with the Spanish billionaire founder of fashion chain Zara set to agree a £600 million West End deal. Pontegadea, retail tycoon Amancio Ortega’s real estate business, is about to buy The Post Building, a 320,000sq ft …

The Lib Dem architect of Royal Mail’s privatisation has said he knew the “Postman Pat” business was in trouble when it was sold to hundreds of thousands of ordinary investors six years ago. Sir Vince Cable, business secretary in the coalition government, said he had been “vindicated” by the collapse …