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Labour's plan to impose VAT on private school fees has come under scrutiny after it emerged that a major report justifying the policy was written by a close friend of a government minister. Matthew Pennycook, a minister in the…

Biffa Waste Services Ltd has launched legal action to recover nearly £200 million from Scottish ministers, citing significant losses from investment in the government's aborted bottle recycling scheme.The company's legal team…

© Reuters. Smoke rises from burning tires during a protest of European farmers over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, on the day of an EU Agriculture Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Yves…

UK ministers have been urged that copyright law is ‘falling’ to protect creatives as AI firms continue to steal content to train their models, according to a House of Lords committee. The committee has warned that “some tech firms are…

The court heard a petition against ministers Shlomo Karhi and David Amsalem by The Israel Postal Company and its chairperson Mishael Vaknin. The High Court of…

Councils pursuing a four-day working week are being threatened with financial penalties by the government amid an increasingly bitter row between ministers and town halls over post-pandemic working practices. After announcing a £4bn…

Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat were absent in the Knesset today as the plenum approved the first reading of the law to change the 2023 budget by 62 votes to 53. Barkat had…

The initiative follows the introduction of a roadmap proposed in a synthesis paper by the IMF and FSB, aimed at fostering international policies and regulations for crypto assets. With the growing participation of investors in the crypto…

Government must give pubs which serve as the beating hearts of their communities greater support with tax rebates to safeguard the nation’s locals as vital social lifelines, a report from the think-tank Localis has urged today. In a…

Get free France updatesWe'll send you a file myFT Daily Digest Rounding email to the latest FranceNews every morning. President Emmanuel Macron and his top ministers are set to meet Sunday night to respond to the unrest that has…