VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Raiding the pensions of police heroes injured in the line of duty is nothing short of scandalous By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 14 July 2020 It is nothing short of scandalous that injured police officers who are long retired now find … Read more
Forecasting is difficult enough in normal times. Britain faces three great uncertainties in the shape of Covid-19, Brexit and relations with China. The decision to ditch Huawei means that ‘Global Britain’ optimism about deeper trading relations with China potentially is in jeopardy. As the People’s Republic accounts for 19 per cent of global GDP, and … Read more
The list of audit failures is legion. In the last several years there have been blunders at Carillion, Conviviality, Patisserie Valerie and Thomas Cook. The conflict between audit and other work, such as remuneration consulting done by the same firm, is there for everyone to see at Boohoo among others. The business select committee has … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: What began as a supply chain issue has hit Boohoo’s share price and could quickly metastasize into something far worse By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:56 BST, 12 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 July 2020 The narrative of Boohoo is familiar. Modest beginnings on a market stall in … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Chancellor Rishi Sunak has done his bit to help save the economy, now we must all do ours, too By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:40 BST, 11 July 2020 Nobody can fault the Government – and Chancellor Rishi Sunak especially – for … Read more
Will it work? And who will pay? Those are the two questions raised by Rishi Sunak’s summer package to boost the economy. The answer to the first is: to some extent yes, but that depends on a lot of other factors. And to the second it is: all of us, either as taxpayers or savers. … Read more
NOW Twitter lynch mob turn on Kirstie Allsopp over tongue-in-cheek comment about refusing to return to work until she can ‘have her eyebrows threaded’ The TV presenter tweeted amid frustrations that beauticians have not reopened There have been claims of hypocrisy as barbers allowed to trim men’s beards But many failed to see the funny … Read more
Sharon White is having a baptism of fire at John Lewis. As a partnership organisation, it is held to higher standards of governance than other retailers. One can only imagine the pain involved in shutting eight stores and placing 1,300 jobs in jeopardy. This on the same day as another High Street stalwart, Boots, revealed … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Britain’s tradition of playing a role on the global stage is far from over (whatever Harry and Meghan may think) By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 8 July 2020 Boris Johnson’s government has been lambasted for merging the Department for International Development … Read more
Everyone always warns you that planning a wedding is stressful. Pah! I said. How hard can it be? Very, it turns out. At the start of lockdown we were cautiously optimistic everything would be fine by the time we were set to get married in September. But as the weeks dragged on, we realised that … Read more