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[ad_1] British Airways has reached an agreement to delay £ 450 million of contributions to the pension deficit as the company fights through Covid travel restrictions that have left most of its planes grounded during the pandemic. The airline’s owner, International Airlines Group (IAG), has also reached a final agreement …

[ad_1] The party’s high command asks Labor MPs not to focus on the problems caused by Brexit by asking questions in parliament, dealing with the media or posting on social media, according to sources in the parliamentary party. After a week in which Labor leader Keir Starmer delivered an important …

[ad_1] A dispute has erupted over Boris Johnson’s hopes for a reopening of the “big bang” schools, as sources claimed he had encountered resistance from Professor Chris Whitty. England’s medical director was said to have been reluctant to put his name on a public display of support for the policy …

[ad_1] The EU will allow data to keep coming to the UK The appointment of the UK’s top EU negotiator as cabinet minister shows that the Brexit talks are not over, a former diplomat has warned. Sir Ivan Rogers, the UK’s permanent representative to the EU from 2013 to 2017, …

[ad_1] Some commentators believe that Facebook has called Australia a hoax. They may be about to find out that Australia is not lying. The platform’s own irresponsible and chaotic implementation of its Australian news “ban” appears to have brought together the country – citizens and politicians from every corridor – …

[ad_1] The government is moving ahead with the launch of a new £ 800 million “high risk, high reward” scientific agency to provide rapid funding to UK inventors and researchers. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), said to have been the brainchild of former senior adviser to Prime Minister …

[ad_1] Politicians, news providers and civil society groups in the UK and US have reached out to Facebook and said that the company’s decision to block all media content on its platform in Australia should accelerate movements to put your powers under control. In a move condemned as “an attempt …

[ad_1] I It wasn’t taken by surprise, exactly. I run a small perfume company and in mid-December we stopped shipping deliveries to European Union countries because we wanted to make sure nothing got caught up in the rush to beat the new business rules. Somehow, I had been preparing for …

[ad_1] The government has been accused of delaying its heels on promised reforms to zero-hour contracts and the gig economy, as legislation to protect workers faces serious delays. New legislation aimed at beefing up protections for Britain’s most vulnerable workers won’t be ready until the end of the year at …

[ad_1] Fragments of a 1941 love letter to a woman named Iris, found nearly three miles under the ocean in a shipwreck, have been carefully reconstructed by experts, 80 years after their publication. “Take care of yourself, my dear, not only for your own sake …… for mine as well,” …