Emil Bove will appear Wednesday before the Senate, where he is expected to face tough questions during a hearing about his controversial entrance into Justice Department leadership and former role as President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Trump nominated Bove, who fiercely defended the president during his criminal prosecutions, to serve in a lifetime role as a judge on the Pennsylvania-based Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump said Bove would ‘restore the Rule of Law,’ a...
High earners in the UK are facing a sharp rise in tax investigations as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) intensifies scrutiny of the wealthiest Britons following a record-breaking year for compliance revenue. A Freedom of Information request by accountancy firm Pinsent Masons has revealed that HMRC’s wealthy and mid-sized business compliance directorate raised more than £1.5 billion from investigations in 2024 — double the figure from the previous year. The directorate focuses on individuals earning...
Transport for London (TfL) has signed a major green energy deal with EDF Renewables UK to supply the Tube with clean electricity from a new solar farm in Essex, marking a significant step towards its goal of running the capital’s transport network on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030. The 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) will see EDF’s subsidiary, Longfield Solar Energy Farm Limited, provide around 80 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity annually to...
The Co-op has announced it will stop selling produce from Israel and 16 other nations it deems “countries of concern” over human rights violations, in a move that has drawn criticism from politicians and praise from ethical sourcing campaigners. The supermarket chain said the shift in policy is part of its broader commitment to ethical trading and peace advocacy, following a mandate from its members. Under the revised guidelines, it will phase out products where...
President Donald Trump thanked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush after he praised the president’s decision to order strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran. ‘Thank you to Jeb Bush — Very much appreciated!’ Trump declared in a Tuesday Truth Social post. Bush, the chairman of the organization United Against Nuclear Iran, issued a statement with several others from the group hailing the president’s move. ‘We applaud President Trump and the United States for this decision—one...
The UK’s Big Four accountancy firms have slashed graduate recruitment and cut hundreds of early-career roles as artificial intelligence begins to automate the junior work once assigned to school-leavers and university graduates. Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC — who together employ around 100,000 staff across the UK — have scaled back their graduate and school leaver intake over the past two years, with some reducing hiring by nearly a third. KPMG made the steepest cuts,...
The sixth day of the ongoing High Court trial between PPE Medpro and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) turned its focus to one of the central issues of the £122 million legal dispute — the sterility of the surgical gowns at the heart of the case. PPE Medpro’s legal team called expert witness Professor Anthony Coates, a leading microbiologist, to give evidence on the government’s claims that the gowns were unfit for...
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has thrown his weight behind proposals to strengthen the UK’s steel import protections, stepping in to tighten trade safeguards beyond those recommended by the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) in response to mounting concerns over redirected global steel supply. The move, welcomed by industry leaders as a “tremendous outcome,” will see the government reduce the annual liberalisation of steel quotas from 3% to just 0.1% — aligning the UK’s approach with the...
Fresh satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows significant damage at three of Iran’s key nuclear sites, Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, just days after U.S. B-2 stealth bombers conducted strikes ordered by President Donald Trump. The new photos, released on June 24, provide the clearest post-strike visuals to date, showing the precision and depth of the U.S. assault on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. At the heavily fortified Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility, located deep beneath a mountain...
The stock market has been on quite the rollercoaster of late, thanks to news headlines. But investors seem to have shrugged off the past weekend’s geopolitical tensions, at least for now. On Tuesday, we saw a surge of enthusiasm. Investors were diving back into stocks and selling off their oil and precious metals holdings. Last week, oil prices spiked amid Middle East tensions, but have now fallen to pre-conflict levels. After what felt like a...
