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United Kingdom: FCA aims to ease burden on sustainability reporting following review
Global Compliance News
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August 20, 2025
In brief The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said following its recent multi-firm review of how its climate disclosure rules have been operating that it will look to “streamline and enhance” its sustainability reporting framework and has...
UK government to test AI admin helpers to boost convenience for citizens
Global Government Forum
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August 20, 2025
Image by Mohamed Hassan via Pixabay The UK government plans to trial AI agents that perform “boring” admin tasks on behalf of busy citizens, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has said. In its latest bid to modernise the...
UK has just had four consecutive days of no small boat arrivals
The London Economic
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August 20, 2025
Whilst the right continues to fume around hotels housing asylum seekers, the UK has experienced four consecutive days of no small boat arrivals. This week has been dominated by discussions of protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers, with a...
VP Vance Reportedly Forced UK’s Censorship-Mad Starmer to Drop Demand for ‘Backdoor’ Access to iPhones
The Gateway Pundit
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August 20, 2025
VP Vance reportedly ‘forced’ UK PM Starmer to drop demands for acess to iPhone encrypted messages. Vance is spreading the Trump gospel of freedom of speech and respect for Americans’ privacy. Vice-President JD Vance continues his work enforcing...
Carried interest in the UK: The new average holding period (AHP) condition for credit funds
JD Supra - California
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August 20, 2025
[co-author: Nick Fagge] The UK tax regime for carried interest is being substantially revised from April 2026.1 This Alert focuses on one particular aspect: the changes to how credit funds should calculate the average holding period (AHP) of their...
Culture and horizons of young Britons limited without language
The Times
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Children can only benefit from learning a foreign language GETTY IMAGES To Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer it may have seemed natural. But to the millions looking at the unprecedented spectacle of Europe’s presidents, prime ministers, military...
UK’s food labelling needs a complete overhaul to combat obesity crisis, health coach claims
The Sun
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August 20, 2025
PCI-QUALIFIED health coach Steve Bennett is calling on British policymakers to adopt bold, front-of-pack food warning labels as part of a national strategy to tackle obesity, affecting approximately 15 million adults in the UK. He praised the...
Canada Wins The Race: Why Indian Students Are Turning Away From The US In 2025
Zee News
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New Delhi: India’s students are recalibrating their global education plans. Rising costs, tougher visa rules and political uncertainties in the United States are prompting a growing number of families to look north. Long seen as a welcoming...
UK shoppers grow wary of online buying after cyberattacks, survey shows
Apparel Resources
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August 20, 2025
Following a series of high-profile cyberattacks on retailers, online shopping behaviour in the UK is beginning to shift, particularly among younger consumers. Research by GlobalData shows that a third (33.5%) of 16–34 year-olds are considering...
Urgent warning to Brits as experts reveal thousands of personal ALARMS are about to stop working - is your device affected?
Daily Mail
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August 20, 2025
They're a lifeline for 1.8 million older adults, people with disabilities and those recovering from illness or injury in the UK. But if you use a personal alarm, experts have warned that it might soon stop working. That's because network providers...
Crypto execs urge UK to create national stablecoin strategy and regulation to avoid falling behind U.S.
Cryptopolitan
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August 20, 2025
Thirty executives from top crypto companies have written directly to UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves, calling for immediate regulation of stablecoins to prevent the country from being sidelined as crypto adoption accelerates worldwide. The...
Aldi hunting for 'crisp connoisseurs' in unique role at top UK supermarket
The Mirror
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August 20, 2025
Aldi have launched the dream job and it looks like they've taken to LinkedIn to find their latest recruit. The job posting advertised a role that'll turn heads for any "crisp connoisseurs". The role is Official Crisp Taster and the successful...
Value Scope: Each way horseracing tips from Steve Jones for Thursday at York on ITV
The Mirror
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August 20, 2025
Sit back and enjoy the Journey on the second day of York’s Ebor Festival. AMAZING JOURNEY (4.45) won a Chepstow novice race before making a successful handicap debut when a smooth winner at this track in July. Both of those races were over 6f and...
UK Government mulls appeal over court ruling on asylum seeker hotel
The New Zealand Herald
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August 20, 2025
“We’re looking very closely at it,” Jarvis told Sky News of a possible appeal. The interior ministry had tried to have the case dismissed, warning it would “substantially impact” its ability to provide accommodation for tens of thousands of asylum...
Horror motorway crashes caused by ‘phantom braking’ as cars screech to a halt from 60 to 0mph & urgent probe launched
The Scottish Sun
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August 20, 2025
FRANCE has launched an urgent probe into a series of motorway crashes blamed on “phantom braking” – when cars suddenly screech to a halt at high speed for no reason. The probe follows a terrifying incident near Lyon, where driver Joanna Peyrache...
Brits oppose Tesla’s plan to sell energy in UK because Elon Musk is so distasteful
Electrek
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August 20, 2025
Thousands of Britons have voiced opposition to a request by Tesla to supply electricity to British homes. And what’s the sole reason for this opposition? It’s because of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Last month, Tesla applied for a license to supply...
State Department: UK’s persecution of pro-lifers is ‘egregious violation’ of fundamental rights
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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August 20, 2025
The United States Department of State recently strongly condemned the persecution of pro-life protestors throughout England, Scotland, and Wales, resulting from the United Kingdom’s various “buffer zone” laws that forbid any pro-life advocacy or...
Aggressive Brit arrested on flight to Alicante
Spanish News Today
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Date Published: 20/08/2025 A flight from Leeds Bradford to Alicante on Monday August 18 was forced to turn back so that a rowdy passenger could be arrested. Jet2 flight LS491 took off at 6.41pm but turned around over Leicester and returned to...
Why we cannot disengage from local politics
Baptist News Global
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August 20, 2025
Elections have consequences. Unhinged and capitalistic leadership can lead to rumors of war, separation of families and reckless decisions that entangle people who never should have been involved in the first place. We are living on the brink of...
New 25 per cent US tariffs on steel and aluminium hit UK business
The Times
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British manufacturers face additional costs that could amount to hundreds of millions of pounds each year after a sharp increase in tariffs applied to finished goods exported to the United States. President Trump has added a 25 per cent tariff on...