Complaints filed to police watchdog over Met’s handling of Al Fayed abuse allegations
Survivors of abuse at the hands of the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have complained to a watchdog about how the Metropolitan police handled allegations.
Policy
Sir Geoffrey Whalen obituary
One of the heroes of the British motor industry in the late 20th century, Sir Geoffrey Whalen, who has died aged 90, was bloodied in the interminable, but ultimately futile, battle to make British Leyland succeed, yet h…
Ministers urged to curb energy costs as Great British homes face 13% bill surge
Quarterly Ofgem price cap rises to equivalent of £1,862 a year from 1 July amid growing consumer energy debt
Ed Miliband as chancellor would benefit every part of the UK – and the bond markets | Josh Ryan-Collins
If Andy Burnham chooses the energy secretary, Labour could fully use the benefits of net zero to promote growth and jobs
Spirit airlines is dead and a bus travel boom looks likely – but will Greyhounds ever be cool again?
“It’s a grueling experience,” Greyhound bus enthusiast Miles Taylor explains. “You’re not treated very well. Everyone is yelling at you the entire time. When the bus is late, they blame you for it, like somehow you’ve d…
When it comes to taxing the super rich, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel
In this new era of rampaging oligarchs, nothing may seem as satisfying as slapping a tax on Elon Musk ’s new trillion-dollar fortune. What most bothers Americans about federal taxes is that billionaires don’t pay their …
Will Andy Burnham ‘go big’ in expanding the role of the state?
In the first of a series on nationalisation, we look at the critical tests ahead for the PM-in-waiting, from choosing a chancellor to the future of Thames Water
Lost your crypto access code? Be wary, there‘s a scam for that too
A niche type of fraud is lucrative enough for criminals to set up fake websites with dodgy software to harvest your data
Labour has abandoned the missions that brought it to power. Here's how Burnham could revive them. | Mariana Mazzucato
With a new prime minister incoming, Labour faces a fundamental question about its economic vision
Leaks, lawyers and a whistleblower: how did KPMG’s failings emerge – and could more have been done?
KPMG partners leaked client information and mishandled the whistleblower who raised the alarm, an inquiry has heard. Top global and Australian managers, three law firms and government regulators all missed the signs.
‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?
On Wednesday, Pierre Masselot received a text from his daughter’s nursery – less than 50 miles from the weather station that was the first this week to break the UK June temperature record – asking parents to collect ch…
Thunderstorms disrupt Gatwick and Heathrow as hundreds of flights delayed or cancelled
Passengers report being stuck on grounded planes in sweltering conditions as severe weather causes travel disruption across Europe
Isabel Schnabel: Is inflation back?
Insight EU provides delayed access to the content table of its specialized monitoring emails. For real-time updates and full monitoring services, consider subscribing to one of the annual plans available in the Insight …
The war for Burnham’s ear: politicians and wonks fight for influence over a PM
As well as being the most popular politician in the country – for now – Andy Burnham is also the most popular man at Westminster. Labour MPs, the unions, Whitehall civil servants, political advisers and thinktanks are a…
Two tickets for Wimbledon Centre Court? That’ll be £586,000 please
A pair of debenture tickets changed hands this week for a sum far beyond the means of ordinary tennis fans
Parents booking air-conditioned hotels to keep babies safe in UK heatwave
Hotels report increase in last-minute bookings, including from families attempting to escape hot homes
‘Basically you’re trapped’: UK postgraduates burdened with double loan debt
Whether to pursue a master’s degree was not really a choice for Francesca Peters. Fresh from an undergraduate degree in biochemistry in 2020, she had set her sights on securing her dream job. There was a catch, however.…
Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
When Australia launched its ban on social media for children under the age of 16 in December, its global impact remained to be seen. The world watched with keen interest as the country adopted the most far-reaching ban …
How content creators are bringing fans an added dimension to this World Cup
For decades, the World Cup belonged to broadcasters. Fans gathered around the television, watched the game live or caught the highlights later that evening. In the UK, BBC and ITV acted as gatekeepers, deciding which st…
The Guardian view on royal tax secrecy: it survives King Charles’s latest disclosure | Editorial
The monarch says how much he pays the Treasury but did not reveal the wealth behind it. Britain still lacks proper scrutiny of royal cash
SEC, CFTC Seek Public Comment on the Harmonization of Portfolio Margining Frameworks
From the Derivatives Practice Group: This week, ESMA published a report relating to transaction reporting simplification, while ISDA published a joint association letter for enhancing the EU’s legislative and supervisor…
Rotisserie chickens in the trash: I worked in a supermarket and saw shocking food waste every day | Ann Larson
To most grocery shoppers, rotisserie chickens look like a mouth-watering and easy option for dinner. But whenever I pass by the rotisserie case in a supermarket, I see chicken carcasses piled up in the trash, their once…
Great Britain’s grid operator warns again over power supplies in heatwave
Neso asks generators to provide extra electricity on Friday evening to meet demand from fans and air conditioning
As billionaires’ wealth soars, US workers struggle: ‘The rich keep getting richer for no good reason’
Ultrarich face backlash as billionaire tax in California makes it to the ballot and Americans organize for higher wages