Author: Laura Robinson

BUSINESS LIVE: Cost-of-living crisis drives record Aldi UK salesBy Live Commentary Updated: 12:28 EDT, 25 September 2023 The FTSE 100 closed down 59.92 points at 7623.99. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Aldi UK, Aviva and Entain. Read the Monday 25 September Business Live blog below.> If you are using our app or a third-party site click here to read Business LiveFTSE 100 closes down 59.92 points at 7623.99Aviva to buy AIG’s UK protection business for £460mAldi UK ramps-up investment as discounter achieves record sales Aldi UK has ramped-up its investment plans with £1.4billion of spending…

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Son of an ex-Premier League and Barcelona star signs contract at the Nou CampThe 16-year-old previously played for PSG before moving to Spanish giantsMail Sport’s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives hereBy Dan Evans For Mailonline Published: 11:15 EDT, 25 September 2023 | Updated: 11:15 EDT, 25 September 2023 The son of a former Premier League and European star has followed in his father’s foot steps by signing professional terms at Barcelona. Youngster Shane celebrated his 16th birthday by penning his first professional deal at the Nou Camp.The teenager plays as a forward, similar to his father, and…

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Financial Conduct Authority targets sexual bullies at workBy City & Finance Reporter Updated: 16:50 EDT, 24 September 2023 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has vowed to be tougher on workplace sexual harassment.The City watchdog will set out a crackdown on perpetrators and firms failing to punish them in a consultation paper this week. Guidance will be published on ‘serious instances of harassment and bullying’ and explain how ‘non-financial misconduct’ is part of the regulator’s test for financial service workers to be ‘fit and proper’. Crackdown: The Financial Conduct Authority has vowed to be tougher on workplace sexual harassmentThis summer hedge fund tycoon…

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman today vows to stamp out the grooming gangs behind organised child sex abuse – and raises the prospect of jail sentences for people who fail to alert the authorities.She highlights the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal, which led to the conviction a decade ago of a group of British-Pakistani men for offences against girls aged between 12 and 16. The authorities had failed to act despite widespread evidence of abuse – in some cases because they feared being accused of racism.The Home Secretary, writing in The Mail on Sunday, pledges to ‘track down and punish the…

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The time has come to right one of the greatest injustices seen in Britain in modern times. The systematic rape, abuse and exploitation of young girls by organised gangs of older men – and the disgraceful failure of the authorities to act despite ample evidence – is a stain on our country.The grooming gangs scandal stretches back many years and continues to this day. It is nine years since Professor Alexis Jay’s devastating report on abuse in Rotherham. Dozens of trials have taken place in which harrowing victim testimony has made clear not only the suffering caused by evil predators…

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s blueprint to get UK back to workJeremy Hunt planning to tackle surging welfare bills in Autumn Statement Public finances could be boosted by getting people off health benefitsHunt also considering cutting back sharply on uprating benefits By Alex Brummer City Editor Updated: 16:54 EDT, 23 September 2023 Man with a plan: Chancellor Jeremy HuntThe Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is planning to tackle Britain’s surging welfare bills in his Autumn Statement amid increasing numbers of working-age people claiming benefits.Under the most optimistic scenarios drawn up by the Office for Budget Responsibility, the public finances could be boosted by nearly £18 billion…

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By Will Pickworth For Mailonline Published: 02:34 EDT, 23 September 2023 | Updated: 03:11 EDT, 23 September 2023 Virgil van Dijk has heaped praise on Darwin Nunez after his impressive start to the season.Uruguayan forward Nunez moved to Liverpool for £85m last summer, becoming the club’s record signing in the process.However, it was a difficult campaign for the Reds as a whole as they missed out on the Champions League for the first time in seven years, while Nunez also received criticism for his output, although he did still net 15 times in all competitions. The 24-year-old has since begun the…

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Is Rishi Sunak planning to stub out smoking? Prime Minister is considering raising the smoking age to phase out the habit among younger generationsRishi Sunak may gradually raise smoking age to make it illegal for young peopleBy Claire Ellicott Whitehall Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 17:02 EDT, 22 September 2023 | Updated: 20:54 EDT, 22 September 2023 Rishi Sunak is considering gradually raising the smoking age to phase out the habit among younger generations.The Prime Minister is said to be looking at introducing some of the toughest anti-smoking measures anywhere in the world.He is examining the policy adopted by…

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Brit, 19, is ‘raped by 37-year-old man who plied her with laughing gas and attacked her when she became dizzy’ on Greek party island ZakynthosThe 37-year-old was given a fine of just four thousand eurosHe’s also been told not to leave the country, and has to check in at a police station twice a monthThe attack allegedly took place at a hotel in Laganas, on the island of Zakynthos By Perkin Amalaraj Published: 11:24 EDT, 22 September 2023 | Updated: 12:05 EDT, 22 September 2023 A 37-year-old man has allegedly drugged and raped a 19-year-old British tourist using laughing gas while…

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