Shorouk Express Although the Supreme Court mostly sided with banks in the historic ruling Friday, which looked at whether consumers had been missold car finance after banks paid motor brokers large commissions, judges upheld the appeal of one consumer due to the size of the commission the bank paid to the motor dealer and how…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Labour will leave Britain with the cleanest rivers on record by cutting sewage pollution from water firms in half by 2030, the environment secretary…
Shorouk Express Kemkaran, who has set up her own “DOLGE” (the “L” stands for local), insisted it was her decision to look at data internally first. “As elected officials, we naturally can look at everything within the council, whereas Zia and his team are not elected officials, so there are a number of hoops to…
Shorouk Express Departments also need to find “efficiency gains” averaging 4 percent by 2028/29, a total of £13.8 billion per year. HM Revenue and Customs plans to save 13.1 percent of its spending through “AI and automation” and basing 85 percent of staff outside London, while the Department for Work and Pensions will use artificial…
Shorouk Express Tan Albayrak, a sanctions lawyer at Reed Smith, agreed: “I do not see a legal basis, either way, because the funds are frozen. They cannot be used to fulfill any of the parties’ wishes.” “In sanctions laws, frozen means frozen — and just that,” said Albayrak. “Normally, the funds can’t be distributed —…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has struck Britain’s biggest post-Brexit trade deal, hailing a “landmark” agreement with India that will boost trade with the country by…
Shorouk Express British Foreign Secretary David Lammy disclosed Wednesday he has spoken to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio 13 times this year, with Starmer and Trump speaking “almost” as many times. Behind the scenes on the U.K. side, National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell, a seasoned negotiator, and Defense Secretary John Healey, seen as another…
Shorouk Express The legislation now heads to the House of Lords, where it is expected to be voted through later Saturday. The proposals will give the government the power to purchase the raw materials needed to keep the U.K.’s last blast furnaces burning as it seeks a partner to co-invest in the site. Despite multiple…
Shorouk Express Her latest role follows a five years spell in Washington representing the U.K. She has just been replaced by former Labour Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson, the first non-career diplomat to take up the post in more than half a century. Announcing the move, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: “The Western Balkans is of…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Nigel Farage was proclaimed as “the next prime minister of Great Britain” at a huge party overlooking the White House to celebrate the upcoming…
