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Postal workers are plotting to disrupt the election by going on strike in the weeks before the vote, the Telegraph has learned. The Royal Mail has written to trade union bosses pleading with them not to “threaten the integrity of our democracy” by refusing to deliver millions of postal votes, …

SIR – There has never been a greater opportunity to achieve a stonking Conservative majority. The Prime Minister has strained every sinew to get Brexit done and is rightly popular because of it. Add to that the people’s desire to rid those green benches of MPs who have done everything …

Once the presents have been wrapped and cards have been written, all that’s left to do is send them to our family and friends ahead of the last posting dates for Christmas 2019.  You want to make sure your Christmas post arrives in plenty of time, and it is worth noting …

I was the beneficiary of similar support as a middle-grade surgical trainee in Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the Seventies. Not only was a bowl of … Source link

Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre is ground zero for Brexit on the island of Ireland.  Situated in South Armagh, just yards north of the border, it is home to businesses that sustain almost 300 livelihoods, many of them by shuttling goods along the east coast artery between Belfast and Dublin.  Travelling over …

The risk of investors’ incomes shrinking has reached new highs, as the affordability of shareholder payouts has fallen to its lowest level for a decade.  One in five global companies could cut dividends, research suggests, as payouts have grown far in excess of profits every year since the financial crisis. …

Rogue company bosses who put staff pensions at risk will be targeted “with the full force of the law”, the pensions minister has vowed. Writing for the Telegraph after the Queen’s Speech, Guy Opperman has promised chief executives who break the rules on pensions will “have nowhere to hide” as …

Questor Income Portfolio: several of our holdings have fallen during this week’s bout of pessimism but we have no reason to fear for our income The stock market took a severe tumble on Wednesday and some of our stocks bore the brunt: Lloyds Banking Group and Legal & General both lost 3.3pc …

The Duke of Sussex has issued an extraordinary statement condemning what he has called a “ruthless campaign” against the Duchess, saying: “I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.” The Duke, who is currently in South Africa with his wife and …

As the Tory party conference gets into full swing cabinet ministers have taken to the stage to announce some major pledges for the years ahead. From better broadband to more hospitals and overhauling the bus system, the Tories have promised to spend big money on the make up of the …