For soldiers stationed in some of the world’s most expensive areas, an important financial buffer meant to offset high prices may not always reflect the cost of living, a government watchdog found. The Department of Defense uses location-specific surveys and price and military spending data to set cost-of-living allowances, known as COLAs. In a report…
Last month, the DOJ released summaries of interviews with a woman who made unsubstantiated claims of sexual assault against Trump. The agency said that the documents had been accidentally withheld. Trump, who is mentioned thousands of times in the files including in emails and correspondence sent by Epstein himself to others, has denied any wrongdoing….
Shorouk Express Sign up to our free Brexit newsletter for our analysis of the continuing impact of Brexit on the UK Sign up to our free newsletter for the latest analysis on Brexit’s impact Sign up to our free newsletter for the latest analysis on Brexit’s impact The Electoral Commission has been asked to investigate…
Shorouk Express “The twice-yearly task of publishing a large and sensitive document is out of scale with virtually all of the rest of its publication activities,” said the investigation, which was hastily carried out by peer Sarah Hogg and OBR board member and City bigwig Susan Rice. It called for “completely new arrangements” to be…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A watchdog has cleared Prince Harry of “over-reach” at the charity he co-founded – but criticised him and others for letting a “damaging”…
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 Members of the selection committee also said Wednesday that the process was complete and that they could not legally revise their choice of Tsyvinskyi, as the government has demanded. They added that the cabinet has no legal authority to reject their nominee and is violating the law. But at its Wednesday meeting —…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free The UK does not have enough shelters for women fleeing domestic violence and austerity has left police and the justice system struggling to tackle violence…
Shorouk Express “The proposed investigation will focus on the prime minister’s actions, his behavior during the government meeting” where ILTE was discussed, Gediminas Sakalauskas, who chairs the commission, said Wednesday. “We will try to answer the question of whether or not there was any violation of the law.” Though some opposition lawmakers called on Paluckas…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free The equalities watchdog is under pressure to withdraw its interim guidance on single-sex spaces in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on gender, after…
