By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 22:12 GMT, 16 December 2024 When is a Budget not a Budget? If this (highly unlikely) were a Christmas cracker teaser then the answer would presumably be: When you call it something else. Rachel Reeves says she will not hold a tax raising Budget in the spring…
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued his first statement since he was deposed by rebel groups and fled to Russia less than two weeks ago. Assad, speaking from Moscow where he sought refuge, said that ‘at no time during the events that have taken place in Syria‘ did he intend to step down or…
Production company behind blockbuster Paddington films listed in London today By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 12:15 GMT, 16 December 2024 Canal+ has suffered a disappointing debut on the London Stock Exchange with the French film production firm’s shares plummeting on their first day of trading. The group, which is behind the blockbuster Paddington films, listed shares…
By RUTH SUNDERLAND FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 22:07 GMT, 15 December 2024 Just because the price of bitcoin has soared this year and you could still make a profit does not mean you should join the crowd. Crypto, thanks to the endorsement of President-elect Trump, has been brought in from the cold and is…
Shares will provide a much-needed lift to City London on course for worst year for corporate exits since financial crisis Canal+ expected to secure value of up to £5bn when its shares begin trading By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:07 GMT, 15 December 2024 French TV and film giant Canal+ will make its debut on the…
By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 13:55 GMT, 15 December 2024 Water firms are set to take their case to the competition authorities if they don’t get their way on plans to raise bills by up to 91 per cent. In a key week, regulator Ofwat will announce on Thursday how much each utility in England and…
Cable said Ministers should be cautious about bid from Daniel Kretinsky Former Lib Dem Minister Cable was in charge of privatising Royal Mail in 2013 He sold it for £3.3 billion, or £3.30 a share By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:53 GMT, 14 December 2024 Labour has been warned this weekend not to wave through the…
By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:52 GMT, 14 December 2024 The Big Give, a Christmas charity led by recruitment boss James Reed, has surpassed Children In Need and Comic Relief as 2024’s largest fundraising. Donations of £45 million poured in in the week to December 10 from 120,000 members of the public. This was a 35…
After stumbling upon the 2002 novel Soul Drinker in a small Irish library, Dave Rudden became hooked on Warhammer. The young adult writer, known for his Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, says the mix of dark sci-fi and ‘ludicrous bombast’ was gripping and spurred him to write fan fiction before he could even afford…
By ALEX BRUMMER Updated: 09:48 GMT, 14 December 2024 Bank of England watchers are convinced the Monetary Policy Committee will sit on its hands next week when it sets interest rates for the last time this year. If, as governor Andrew Bailey says, the Bank is data-driven, it has little choice but to surprise the…
