Employees of Riverford will share in a payout of £1.3m after the organic vegetable box company more than doubled profits last year. More than 1,000
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Tech firms, publishers and Which? raise fears over new boss at competition regulator
The appointment of the former boss of Amazon UK to lead the competition watchdog poses a threat to its independence and pledge to hold big
Dog treat made from lab-grown meat on sale in UK as retailer claims a ‘world first’
A dog treat made from lab-grown meat has gone on sale at Pets at Home in a move the retailer claims is a world first.
British conman accused of ramming police with car goes on trial in France
A British conman who featured in a Netflix documentary will go on trial on Thursday accused of deliberately ramming two French police officers with his
Bank of England poised to cut interest rates amid UK economic gloom
Bank of England policymakers are poised to cut interest rates and downgrade forecasts for economic growth, underlining the risks facing Rachel Reeves’s budget plans. With
‘Basic lack of decency’ driving self-harm in women’s prisons, report says
Women in prison are resorting to self-harm because of “astonishing gaps” in basic services including strict time limits when contacting their children and bans from
Home Office wasted nearly £100m on plans to house asylum seekers, watchdog finds
The Home Office’s plans to house asylum seekers reveal a “dysfunctional culture of repeated mistakes and weak internal challenge” that wasted nearly £100m, parliament’s spending
‘Watershed moment’ as three-year time limit on child rape claims scrapped in England and Wales
Hundreds of child rape survivors, including those targeted by grooming gangs, are expected to pursue their abusers in the courts after ministers scrapped a three-year
UK childhood mental health crisis to cost £1.1tn in lost pay, study finds
More than £1tn will be lost in lifetime earnings in the UK as a direct result of the mental health crisis in young people, research
Triple murderer Valdo Calocane refused medication as he did not like needles, care review finds
Valdo Calocane, the triple murderer who went on a violent rampage in Nottingham, was not forced to take injectable antipsychotic medication because he did not