BUCKINGHAM Palace has been accused of paying its staff “less than the minimum wage” after a job ad published on the Royal House’s website offered a lousy hourly rate of just £ 7.97. The national minimum wage is GBP 9.50 for people aged 23 and over. By law, employers can pay less than the minimum …
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The US State Department says evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine is growing. The US, the European Union and the United Kingdom are introducing a new mechanism to help ensure accountability for abuse in Ukraine. “Now it’s hard to see how we avoid the recession,” said World Bank President David Malpass. The Swedish and …
Russia is trying to stop the growth of the ruble and is ready to accelerate interest rate cuts, as officials increasingly see the currency recovery as an economic threat. The largest global appreciation of the currency was originally offered by the Kremlin as a sign that Russia had stopped sanctions due to the invasion of …
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Kwasi Kwarteng has ordered a thorough security check of China’s takeover of Britain’s largest microchip factory, which is the clearest sign so far that the agreement will be blocked. The trade secretary called for the sale of the Newport Wafer Fab to Nexperia under new legislation that gives it the power to intervene for national …
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Rishi Sunak will announce on Thursday an emergency multi-billion dollar support package for British households, which are facing spiraling domestic energy bills this autumn, partly funded by an unexpected tax on energy companies. Informed of the British Chancellor’s thinking, government support could be worth more than £ 10bn and be targeted primarily at the poorest …
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A shipyard worker watches as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000-ton ship at a Ukrainian agricultural exporter’s shipping terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev on July 9, 2013. REUTERS / Vincent Mundy / File Photo Register now and get FREE unlimited access at Reuters.com Register UN, May 25 – Reuters shipments. …
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Rishi Sunak will push a button for a controversial unexpected tax for energy companies on Thursday as he sets out measures to alleviate the pain of rising household bills. The chancellor has confirmed that he will announce new support for people facing a cost-of-living crisis. The measures are expected to help the poorest households as …
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Visualization of global revenue distribution for more than 200 years Has the world become more uneven? As COVID-19 disrupts societies and especially lower-income countries, there is a risk that the social and economic progress made over the last decade will be reversed. And with rising living costs and inflation in much of the world, experts …
Federal Reserve officials have discussed the possibility of moving the US central bank to a “restrictive” policy that would better combat inflation through more aggressive interest rate increases, but feared it could undermine a strong recovery in the labor market. According to the minutes of the last Federal Free Market Committee meeting in early May, …
The head of JD Sports resigned with immediate effect just a few months after the retailer was fined more than £ 4 million for violating the rules of the competition regulator by secret meetings to take over. The company said Peter Cowgill, JD’s outspoken chairman and CEO, who has led the group since 2004, will …
