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Daniel Donaldson has lodged a civil action at Glasgow Sheriff where he is seeking compensation for his disability benefit being incorrectly stopped.

At least 75 ASDA stores could close in merger with Sainsbury’s, according to new analysis. The recently-announced merger will create Britain's biggest supermarket chain, but regulators could be looking to see how many Asda stores are in close proximity to Sainsbury’s before giving it the go-ahead. Early research has revealed that while almost half Asda stores had a Sainsbury’s in the same postal district (the first half of the postcode, known as the ‘outcode’), many of these were Sainsbury’s Local stores,...

Diane Abbott has said the newly-appointed Sajid Javid cannot form another human shield for Theresa May as suspicions rise that Amber Rudd became a fall guy for failures that took place under her role as Home Secretary. The Labour Shadow Home Secretary said the change that was brought about by Rudd's resignation last night will mean nothing unless May's "hostile environment" policy is brought to an end. She said: "The new home Secretary cannot form another human shield for Theresa May....

Sainsbury's has confirmed plans to merge with Asda, which is currently owned by US supermarket giant Walmart. The supermarkets said that grocery prices would fall in both chains as a result of the merger. The ASDA head offices in Leeds West Yorks., as the Wal-Mart company announces a merger deal with rival Sainsburys, April 30 2018. Sainsbury's chief executive Mike Coupe said the deal would lead to no store closures and no job losses in stores. The combination of the...

After over two weeks of calls for the Home Secretary to resign over an “out of control” and “institutionally racist” Home Office, news emerged tonight that Prime Minister Theresa May has finally accepted Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s resignation. Both Amber Rudd and her predecessor Theresa May have been under intense scrutiny over the fiasco that has left many in the Windrush generation of Commonwealth immigrants and their families facing wrongful deportation. A shocking mix of Home Office incompetence, harsh removal...

Robert Peston has described a £300 billion negative swing in foreign investment as "jaw-dropping" after new figures revealed FDI has dropped off a cliff since the Brexit vote. Global FDI flows reached their lowest level since 2013 in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to OECD figures. Inflows to the OECD area decreased by 37 per cent, largely driven by decreases in the United Kingdom and the United States from high levels in 2016. Outflows from the OECD area decreased...

British Overseas Territories are playing a huge role in laundering dirty money from Russia, analysis of figures from the IMF and Russian Central Banks has revealed. The amount of money held by Russians in the UK is dwarfed by the amount held in the British Overseas Territories, which include some of the world’s most significant tax havens. The Global Witness report, Missing the Bigger Picture, is released as politicians have called for a crackdown on criminal and corrupt cash from Russia...

After a week of repeated apologies to the victims of the Windrush scandal and assurances by Prime Minister Theresa May and Home Secretary Amber Rudd that they would not be facing any more deportations, we have discovered evidence of a special chartered removal flight to Jamaica next week. We know of at least three grandmothers with British families who were due to be removed on the secretive flight. One, Yvonne Williams, a 59-year old grandmother of seven, whose mother arrived...

Last night Amber Rudd defied belief and appeared to still hold onto her role as Home Secretary as revelations emerged that she again appeared to have misled MPs, breaching Ministerial Code twice in one week. Political commentators and opposition MPs expressed dismay as despite expectations that she would resign by the end of the day, Theresa May appeared unable to sack her Home Secretary. - Presumably as the suffering caused by the Windrush scandal was largely down to the “hostile...