Business and Economics

“This is a sign of things to come. Unions are starting to win the fight against insecure work and won’t rest until platform companies across the gig economy agree to work with their staff on improving pay and conditions."

Threats to rip up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol could result in trade tariffs being imposed by the EU - escalating the cost of living crisis.

It comes after a Minister told Brits to buy value brands to cope with the cost-of-living crisis.

Martin Lewis warned MPs in March about “worrying issues” over energy companies increasing customers’ direct debits disproportionately.

64 per cent of UK SMEs stated Brexit has negatively influenced the UK economy with two in five of the respondents saying their costs had increased.

Kwasi Kwarteng said the levy would be a "disincentive" to investment, but BP's own chief executive appeared to rubbish the claims.

The 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, the European Commission, has been investigating Apple since 2020.

"The only way to actually make a difference is to do the right, fair and principled thing and impose a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas producers’ profits to provide real help to families now and put in place a green energy sprint in the years ahead.”

He also suggested that Donald Trump could be allowed back on the platform by Musk.