Reeves was subject of expenses probe while bank executive, investigation finds
UK chancellor’s LinkedIn profile also changed after BBC says she spent five and a half years working at central bank ...
Modest UK growth reprieve leaves Reeves on defensive ahead of Spring Statement
Figures do little to dispel broader concerns about the weakness of the economy and its impact on public finances ...
Porsche to cut 1,900 jobs in Germany as weak EV demand bites
Porsche is set to cut 1,900 jobs by 2029 as it grapples with stagnant demand for its electric models.
Satellite telephony launches into low-earning orbit
Mobile operators are striking deals to use satellites to deliver services in areas terrestrial networks cannot reach ...
Labour needs a growth plan for the north
Meanwhile the Social Mobility Commission, itself an arm’s-length body of government, is currently setting up a new panel of ...
Private equity firm Cinven agrees to sell shoe brand Kurt Geiger for £289mn
Private equity firm Cinven has agreed to sell upmarket British shoe brand Kurt Geiger to New York-listed fashion group Steve Madden for around £289mn, in a deal that underlines the difficulty of ...
Qatari royal cannot force sale of world’s largest cut blue diamond, High Court rules
A member of Qatar’s ruling family has failed in his attempt to force a rival royal faction to sell him the world’s largest cut blue diamond, after a High Court ruling in London. Judge Simon Birt KC on ...
The Gorge film review — Anya Taylor-Joy can’t save misfiring sniper thriller
No such luck with The Gorge. After a taut set-up, Scott Derrickson’s film gets restless and starts larking around that bit too soon, as moody Miles Teller and impish, punky Anya Taylor-Joy get ...
To a Land Unknown film review — nerve-racking portrait of Palestinian displacement
Palestinian, has created something that starts as a realist drama with a documentary flavour, but gradually turns into a harsh, nerve-racking crime thriller. A story about migrants trapped in limbo ...
Theory & Practice — Michelle de Kretser’s powerful new novel
A book that uses literary post-structuralism as its main theme while playfully subverting the limitations of that movement does not immediately sound like a recipe for the most thrilling fiction of ...
Ukraine hits ex-president Poroshenko and other oligarchs with sanctions
As well as Poroshenko, the sanctions target Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian political operative and close ally of Putin; Ukrainian oligarchs and former co-owners of PrivatBank Igor Kolomoisky and ...
Travel group HBX’s shares sink after IPO
HBX said the value of stock sold on the Madrid stock exchange was up to €860mn depending on the exercise of an overallotment ...