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Energy price cap to rise 5% in January 2024
Energy bills are set to rise again from January as Ofgem, the energy regulator, responds to rising wholesale electricity and gas prices. Average bills will rise by £94 from January, an increase of 5%. So, customers will see annual bills go up from an average of £1,834 to £1,928, although individual bills will vary.
Private Banking Comparison - Best Private Banks in UK
What’s the difference between private banking and wealth management? The main difference between private banks and wealth management companies is that wealth managers work with affluent clients to help them invest their money. They will be the primary source of advice and support for people looking to make investments and can offer guidance on portfolio management and investment decisions.
Best Pension & SIPP Transfer Cashback Offers
If you are thinking of moving your self-invested personal pension, we’ve put together a list of which SIPP providers are offering the best transfer cashback offers and deals that could cover exit costs or give you a top-up bonus when you move your SIPP to a different provider.
What is the National Crime Agency or NCA?
Officers of the newly formed National Crime Agency during a training exercise at the Northumbria Constabulary Ops Tactical training centre, South Tyneside. The head of "Britain's FBI" has warned the Mr Bigs of the underworld there will be "no one beyond the reach" of the new crime-fighting agency on the day it goes live. Contributor: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo.
Jeremy Corbyn Launches New Peace Project
LONDON (Labour Buzz) – The former Labour leader seeks to create a place for people to support peace, internationalism and social justice. Sign up for the exclusive Labour Party Buzz Newsletter bringing you to the latest VIP Labour Party News Now. There comes a time in every politician’s life when their moment at the top comes to an end. What they do in this time, is often extremely interesting and tells us a lot about the kind of person they really are.
While Remainers Blame Each Other, the Tories Get Away With it
LONDON (Labour Buzz) – The reaction to a column by Owen Jones shows that some in the remain camp can’t stop but fight amongst themselves. Sign up for the exclusive Labour Party Buzz Newsletter bringing you to the latest VIP Labour Party News Now. With talks stalling and Johnson flying out for last-ditch talks in Brussels a no-deal Brexit looks more likely than ever. The blame game has started.
How the Tories turned into the National Front for the 21st century
LONDON (Labour Buzz) – Tory policies have recaptured the spirit of the national front. Dogma we thought had been left in the past is now part of everyday life in the government. Sign up for the exclusive Labour Party Buzz Newsletter bringing you to the latest VIP Labour Party News Now. It’s the 1970s. Britain is mulling throwing itself into some kind of union with Europe and people are angry. The National Front are in their prime whipping up hatred across the country.
Data Reveals Pandemic of Prejudice Within the Tory Party
LONDON (Labour Buzz) – Data from Hope Not Hate proves that Islamophobia is deeply rooted at every level of the Conservative party. With everything that’s been going on recently, you might not have noticed that the Tories are working on a report into islamophobia. As investigations go, it’s a bit like asking Jim Davidson if he thinks he’s racist or not. Even so, organisations such as Hope not Hate are making submissions and some of the details are shocking.
Johnson Ducks Questions on Test and Trace
Published: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Written by WESTMINSTER (Labour Buzz) – Starmer demands answers on Test and Trace as Johnson sticks his head in the sand, while both men try to avoid talk of Brexit and international law. This week Keir Starmer focused on just a single topic: failures of test and trace. With people finding it impossible to get a test he wanted to know how the problem would be fixed.
2019 Normalised Misinformation, largely against Jeremy Corbyn and Labour
Almost as soon as the 2019 election was over Britain launched itself into a fresh crisis. Barely had the words ‘2020 is going to be a great year,’ left Boris Johnson’s lips than the first cases of Coronavirus began showing up. 100,000 deaths later and the country has been understandably focusing on other things. However, a new study looks back on what was a watershed election. It was one in which misinformation went mainstream and the implications for our democracy could be profound.
David Lammy and the Need for an English Parliament
Published: Friday, April 24, 2020 Written by LONDON (Labour Buzz) – England needs a new parliament. That was the rallying cry from David Lammy at a ‘politics of England’ event back in March for the English Labour Network, and given that yesterday was St George’s Day, we felt it was a good one to highlight. Here are the highlights. To win the election, he said, Labour must return to three fundamentals: it must be credible and recapture the trust of the electorate.
Bank technology: big opportunity, big risk
Banks are turning to technology to provide convenience, save money and drive growth, but as TSB recently found out, when things go wrong it’s easy to fall foul of the law. Last week began with news that TSB’s computer system had crashed. Since then events have followed a repeating pattern – spokespeople for TSB claim systems are back up and running before, their customers take to social media to confirm they are not.
What lessons can be learned from Storm Financial?
ASIC’s decision to fine the directors of Storm Financial throws the light on executive responsibility. But what lessons can be learned? It was a case that represented the worst excesses of the financial crisis. Storm Financial’s collapse in 2009 left many of its investors in severe financial trouble. The directors have always protested their innocence, but after almost ten long years, ASIC delivered their judgement.
Regulating the Blockchain
Written by Tom Cropper, Freelance Journalist The blockchain has enormous potential for compliance officers, but rule makers are still struggling to work out how to regulate it. Recently Gibraltar announced it was becoming the first country to formally regulate the blockchain as it issued licenses to fintech firms which plan to use the blockchain. As it did so it staked its claim to become one of the most favourable environments for blockchain start-ups in the world.
Hong Kong: why even wealthy societies need social entrepreneurs
iBakery is a well-known social enterprise success story in Hong Kong. Established in 2010, the cafe and bakery chain, which trains and employs people with disabilities, now sells its wares in 11 locations across the city. It’s not alone: the restaurant review website OpenRice currently lists some 70 Hong Kong eateries tagged as “social enterprise”. But those driving social innovation say it will take more than individual successes to solve the city’s stark inequality.
Hong Kong: why even wealthy societies need social entrepreneurs
iBakery is a well-known social enterprise success story in Hong Kong. Established in 2010, the cafe and bakery chain, which trains and employs people with disabilities, now sells its wares in 11 locations across the city. It’s not alone: the restaurant review website OpenRice currently lists some 70 Hong Kong eateries tagged as “social enterprise”. But those driving social innovation say it will take more than individual successes to solve the city’s stark inequality.
Queens College
What's On With England cricketer, Jack Leach Calling all cricket fans … Join us for an amazing ‘Indian’ themed dinner in aid of Queen’s forthcoming cricket tour to India with guest speaker, Jack Leach.
Making the most of the market
Hong Kong is not short of social problems.
The digital future of food | ANZ BlueNotes
Remember the days when newspapers and TV decided what was news and consumers responded accordingly? Just as the news value chain splintered into a world where people create and share media, the food industry also confronts a changing landscape. And just like in the media, this disruption is digital too. Digital technologies are connecting food producers with consumers in new ways.
Digging in to dirty data | ANZ BlueNotes
The cult of analytics seems a million miles removed from dirt, but data management is being used to map and categorise soil in the hope it will lead to greater food security, better soil health and long-term benefit to the global agriculture sector. Food security is often explained to the public in terms of environmental, climate or water security. Whilst accurate, the picture is infinitely more complex.
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