Whitehall estimates child sexual abuse compensation could hit £10bn
Starmer has criticised previous Conservative government for not implementing recommendations of 2022 Jay review ...
Lloyds’ branch shake-up fuels concern over closures and job cuts
Lloyds Banking Group will allow its Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland customers to use any of its branches across the three brands, fuelling union concerns that the UK lender is preparing to shut ...
Fed minutes confirm prospective Trump policies behind December’s hawkish pivot
Fed minutes show members began introducing assumptions on economic policies for the incoming Trump administration at the December meeting. Policies that once included in economic projections shift the ...
Leon Black in talks about backing Dovid Efune’s Telegraph bid
Leon Black, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management, has held talks about backing the £550mn bid to buy the UK’s Telegraph ...
Has the bond market turned against Rachel Reeves?
Rising UK borrowing costs raise risk that chancellor will have to impose tighter fiscal policy as soon as March ...
The Musk threat to European democracy
Musk has succeeded, however, in setting the UK political agenda by thrusting a historical scandal, however shocking and ...
Constellation Energy in talks to buy Calpine in big US power sector deal
A deal by the Baltimore-based utility to buy Calpine would also generate a huge windfall for the company’s private equity investors Energy Capital Partners, CPP Investments and Access Industries, who ...
Biggest shipping nations back flat tax on emissions
The signatories also remain far from agreeing the details of the tax, including the exact cost that shipowners should pay for every tonne of their emissions. Liberia has backed a fee of just $18.75, ...
Patrick Grant’s diary of a garden rescue
With the restoration of his Grade II-listed ‘wreck’ of a North Yorkshire cottage complete, the ‘Great British Sewing Bee’ judge sets his sights on restoring its surrounding tangle of bramble, neglecte ...
Francesco Scarlatti: Il Daniele nel lago de’leoni album review — quick in imagination and elegant
Christopher Monks directs a deft performance from the Armonico Consort in this recording of the late-Baroque composer’s only surviving oratorio ...
Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out — striking debut from furious punk rock duo
For all its energy, it would be misleading to describe Who Let the Dogs Out as a breath of fresh air. The last time eyebrows were raised at the sonic novelty of furious punk rock was almost 50 years ...
Bridget Hayden and the Apparitions: Cold Blows the Rain album review — ghostly, nocturnal folk songs
Bridget Hayden is best-known as a member of the Vibracathedral Orchestra, a collective founded in Leeds whose commitment to drone-based minimalism prioritised slowly shifting textures over melody. To ...