Sadiq Khan has been accused of being misleading over the £30m cash he put forward to call off this month’s Tube strikes. Industrial action by the RMT union was called …
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The Color Purple movie review: Leaves you shaken and overwhelmed
The Color Purple film review and star rating: ★★★★★ Shame on those who censored it. Following four adaptations, The Color Purple returns again to the feature film format, 29 years …
UK moves to protect investments in water firms in case they go bust
The government has updated insolvency laws for UK water companies to hedge against losses from potential state bailout funding. On 17th January, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs …
US economy smashes expectations again growing 3.3 per cent in final quarter of 2023
The US economy smashed expectations again in the final quarter of last year as the world’s largest economy continued a remarkable boom despite the pressure from the Federal Reserve’s interest …
Lloyds to cut 1,600 jobs in transition from branches to online banking
Lloyds Bank is to cut some 1,600 jobs across its branch network, a company spokesperson has told City A.M., as part of its shift towards digital services. The move from …
Liontrust starts search for new chair following GAM fiasco
Liontrust has begun to search for a new chair following its failure to purchase Swiss asset manager GAM last year. Alastair Barbour, who has sat on the firm’s board for …
Revolut account closure lawsuit from late Russian oligarch’s son-in-law struck out by High Court
A High Court judge has struck out a case brought by the son-in-law of a late Russian oligarch against Revolut for “unlawfully” closing his account. Ildar Uzbekov, the Kazakhstan-born British …
Sustainable funds see first investor withdrawals in history
Sustainable funds saw their first net redemptions ever in the last quarter of 2023, according to a report from Morningstar. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused funds experienced $2.5bn (£1.96bn) …
What’s on in February, March and April in London? Top art film and theatre
January is a properly bleak month. Not only is hardly anyone drinking but the cultural calendar tends to start slowly, too. That’s already changing, with Sarah Jessica Parker’s Plaza Suite …
All of us Strangers: Andrew Scott is superb in this strange drama
Andrew Scott, who stole the hearts of millions as Fleabag’s Hot Priest, has a different kind of romantic crisis in this astounding drama. Based on the 1988 novel Strangers, British …