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Disbelief as undermanned Royal Navy spends £2.4million on ‘diversity and inclusion team’ – as ‘furious’ Defence Secretary Grant Shapps wages war on ‘woke’ equality policies in the military

The Royal Navy has splashed out £2.4million on dedicated diversity and inclusion staff in recent years at a time when defence budgets are more constrained than ever, ministers have admitted. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is waging war on what he sees as ‘woke’ and wasteful diversity pushes, including internal jobs …

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Companies roundup: DS Smith takeover & Entain

DS Smith (SMDS), Entain (ENT), car registrations, Future (FUTR), Ascential (ASCL), Motorpoint (MOTR) and Gooch & Housego (GHH) Packaging giants DS Smith (SMDS) and Mondi (MNDI) are still in merger talks, having reached an agreement in principle last month. The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers has extended the offer deadline from 5pm on 4 April …

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Small businesses and greetings card firms blast ‘drastic’ Royal Mail plan to end daily second class deliveries and cut the 85p-a-letter service to five times a fortnight

Royal Mail has come under fire from small businesses and greetings card firms over plans to slash daily second-class letter deliveries. The company revealed plans yesterday to scrap the deliveries on Saturdays and cut the service to just five times every two weeks.  But critics including the Federation of Small Businesses …

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Five-bedroom mansion once owned by mastermind of £70m Royal Mail fraud can be yours for £2.75million – and you’ll have Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne for neighbours too

A five-bedroom mansion once owned by a scammer who fleeced the Royal Mail out of £70million has gone up for sale after being seized. Complete with a detached pool house, the sprawling property is the former home of Narinder Sandhu, 62, who used the proceeds of an elaborate postage scam to buy …

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