A high-ranking officer was today dismissed from the Army for sexually assaulting a colleague’s ‘vulnerable’ wife by squeezing her bottom while she was at hospital with her severely injured son. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards was standing in a queue at the hospital’s coffee shop when he ‘tried his luck’ because he thought he could ‘get … Read more
British savers have been dealt yet another blow after the government-backed NS&I took an axe to savings rates, throwing returns across the board into reverse. The average rate paid by the best five easy-access cash Isas had risen from 0.78 per cent to 0.92 per cent between the start of September and 21 September, when National … Read more
HSBC has survived more than 150 years of turmoil but can it prevail this time as it is squeezed by the superpowers By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 00:25 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 00:25 BST, 29 July 2020 The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation ( HSBC), the UK’s biggest bank, … Read more
Boris Johnson will today face a 90-minute grilling from the Commons Liaison Committee over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and his top aide’s decision to travel during lockdown. Questions on Dominic Cummings’ trip from London to Durham, along with three other coronavirus topics, will be crammed into a 20-minute slot after intervention from Committee … Read more
Sunak moves to keep firms afloat in ‘squeezed middle’ that fear they could miss out on coronavirus support By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 26 March 2020 Hundreds of medium-sized businesses are to be given access to emergency coronavirus loans after warnings that many … Read more