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What has Burnham promised since he became PM, and when will it happen?
Since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham has set out a series of policy pledges covering the cost of living, transport and homelessness, though many amount to announced intentions rather than fully funded, guaranteed commitments. The measures span cutting household energy costs, capping bus fares, tackling rough sleeping and expanding free travel for disabled people, with…
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Can Andy Burnham tame the power of the ‘Treasury brain’ to boost growth?
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is pursuing a plan to strip the Treasury of much of its control over growth policy, transferring key powers to a new No 10-led unit based in Manchester, dubbed “No 10 North” and overseen by his cabinet ally Louise Haigh. Burnham argues that the Treasury’s dual role of driving growth while…
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KKR to acquire minority stake in BookMyShow, the company behind Coldplay and Ed Sheeran’s India concerts
KKR has agreed to acquire a minority stake in BookMyShow, India’s ticketing and live entertainment company behind concerts by Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and other major international artists. The deal, signed on 19 August 2026, extends the US investment firm’s growing footprint in the global live entertainment and music sector, and comes as BookMyShow’s live division…
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The “impossible” 1976 Led Zeppelin album that almost broke Jimmy Page: “We were all kind of down”
Pushed to the edge. The post The “impossible” 1976 Led Zeppelin album that almost broke Jimmy Page: “We were all kind of down” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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The Guardian view on the Grenfell Tower fire: Britain is letting companies pass the buck | Editorial
This Guardian editorial argues that Britain’s system of corporate accountability failed the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, in which 72 people, including 18 children, died in June 2017. Arconic, the company whose cladding the public inquiry found was the “primary cause” of the fire’s rapid spread, paid more in Grenfell-related settlements to its insurers…
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EA employees brace for the worst under Saudi ownership: ‘Hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that’s very much at odds with progressive society’
Electronic Arts employees are anxious about the company’s future after it agreed to a roughly $55 billion buyout led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), the largest ever leveraged buyout in history. Staff quoted anonymously say they feel uneasy working for a company effectively controlled by a Saudi state fund, citing the kingdom’s poor…
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Watch live: Trump delivers remarks on US tech innovation
President Trump will give remarks Wednesday afternoon from the White House on strengthening U.S. innovation and dominance in the technology sector. CEOs from several crypto companies, including Ripple and Coinbase, are expected to attend. The event is being viewed as a kickoff for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Innovation Advisory Committee, according to reports. A…
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John MacLeod: It has faced extinction… yet the stoic ‘Highland Tiger’ still survives in the shadows
The article, by columnist John MacLeod, discusses the Scottish wildcat — nicknamed the “Highland Tiger” — a native species that has come perilously close to extinction in Britain. Once widespread across the country, the animal has been pushed to the brink by habitat loss, persecution and, most significantly, interbreeding with domestic and feral cats, which…
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All power to the UK competition watchdog’s war on ‘drip pricing’
The Competition and Markets Authority has opened investigations into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School over alleged “drip pricing” — the practice of not being upfront about mandatory add-on charges. The move aligns with the government’s wider push against hidden fees, though the CMA’s crackdown actually predates the current administration, having been enabled by…
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Trump’s bombshell boast about Kim Jong Un and their secret letters as he casually reveals his harrowing nuke stockpile
Donald Trump has confirmed he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, in a further sign of warming relations between the two men despite Pyongyang’s continued nuclear build-up. The meeting, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, could take place at November’s APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, and follows Trump’s recent…