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Make NHS and MoD uniforms in UK, fashion firms urge Burnham
The thinktank Fashion Roundtable is delivering a letter to Downing Street urging the housing secretary Andy Burnham to commit to manufacturing NHS and Ministry of Defence uniforms in the UK, arguing that domestic public procurement contracts would help preserve Britain’s manufacturing industry. The letter, signed by more than 1,200 people including adventurer Ben Fogle and…
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Cue Clothing and Veronika Maine collapse into receivership with 51 stores and hundreds of jobs on the chopping block
Australian fashion retailer Cue Clothing Co and its sister brand Veronika Maine have collapsed into voluntary administration and receivership, putting hundreds of jobs and dozens of stores at risk across Australia and New Zealand. Staff were told of the decision on Tuesday afternoon, with FTI Consulting appointed as receivers and managers and BDO as voluntary…
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Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges
The North Sea oil and gas industry has urged Labour to scrap the windfall tax on fossil fuel firms three years early, replacing it in 2027 rather than 2030, just as UK household energy bills are set to hit their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Trade body Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) wants a…
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AI safety requires more than just slowing our pace | Stuart Russell
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published a lengthy letter, “We Must Pace the Frontier,” proposing measures to prevent AI development from outpacing safety work, drawing public support from rivals including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis and Satya Nadella. In this response, AI safety researcher Stuart Russell welcomes the intent but argues the “pacing” framing,…
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Jaguar Land Rover in talks to sell Defender to Nato countries
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is in talks with Nato member states to sell them its newly revamped Defender military vehicle, as the British carmaker looks to capitalise on Europe’s rearmament drive. The Tata Motors-owned firm has created a new Defender defence division to pursue partnerships supplying transport vehicles to defence sectors worldwide, seeking to offset…
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Leading UK retailers ‘breaking law’ by not refunding customers for returned goods, Which? finds
A Which? investigation has found that several major UK retailers are breaking the law by failing to properly refund customers who return online purchases. The consumer group sent 12 mystery shoppers to buy more than 200 items from 17 big online retailers in June and July, then tracked the returns process, and found some firms…
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Trump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifies
Donald Trump is facing pushback from members of both parties in Congress over his dismissal of growing concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence, as Democrats and some Republicans call for regulatory guardrails on major AI companies. After tech leaders warned this week about the rapid pace of AI development and its potential threat to…
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Labour’s not working: Private sector jobs and vacancies keep falling as wages stall against inflation… but public sector keeps booming
Official figures released on 16 September 2026 showed Britain’s jobs market weakening further, with company payrolls falling by 26,000 last month and by 145,000 over the past year, while job vacancies dropped to a five-year low. The contrast between a struggling private sector and an expanding public sector has fuelled criticism of the Labour government’s…
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Sky gave my father the hard sell even though he has dementia
A Guardian Money reader described how Sky subjected her father, who has dementia and Parkinson’s disease, to relentless sales pressure when the family tried to reduce his £113.50-a-month TV bill. Despite explaining his declining health and repeatedly asking to cancel, the family was pushed towards costlier packages, extra televisions and broadband, before being asked to…