Klarna clampdown begins as buy-now-pay-later industry will be regulated

Buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna first offered British shoppers the chance to put off payment at the checkout in 2014, when it launched in the UK. Yet, seven years on, regulation is only now on the cards after five million people spent billions of pounds using the quick and easy loans last year. Consumer campaigners have spent … Read more

At last! The Klarna clampdown begins… and not a moment too soon 

Buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna first offered British shoppers the chance to put off payment at the checkout in 2014, when it launched in the UK. Yet, seven years on, regulation is only now on the cards after five million people spent billions of pounds using the quick and easy loans last year. Consumer campaigners have spent … Read more

Music chiefs warn over clampdown on streaming services

Music industry bosses to defend right to large chunk of revenues from streaming services such as Spotify amid threat of crackdown By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 Music industry bosses will this week defend their right to a large chunk of … Read more

Recovery being held back by Covid clampdown, Bank of England warns

Britain’s economic recovery is being held back by the Covid clampdown, Bank of England warns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 17 December 2020 Tough restrictions kept in place after the November lockdowns are slowing Britain’s economic recovery, the Bank of England has warned. … Read more

DR JOHN LEE: The clampdown that is just bureaucratic insanity

After 2,000 years, the famous words of Hippocrates are still the best rule of thumb for any doctor: ‘First, do no harm.’ By plunging London into a Tier Three lockdown, the Government is going to do terrible harm to the city, the entire national economy, and to millions of lives. No one can predict the … Read more

CHARLES WALKER MP: My outrage over anti-lockdown protest clampdown

The breaking up of a public protest by police is not pretty to see. But there was something particularly unpleasant about the scene I witnessed last week outside the gates of the House of Commons. As I looked out of a window on to Parliament Square, I noticed a group of officers confronting an elderly … Read more

Mortgage prisoners find their freedom from 2008 clampdown  

Mortgage prisoners find their freedom after being locked in expensive deals since 2008 clampdown   By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 24 November 2020 Mortgage prisoners are finally being freed from expensive deals after overpaying for years – but many are still trapped. An estimated … Read more

Furious independent traders call for clampdown on major chains

Furious independent traders have called for a clampdown on major chains like Ryman and The Range for selling ‘non-essential’ items during lockdown while smaller firms have closed.  Thousands of retailers were forced to shut alongside pubs and restaurants on Thursday when England was plunged into a four-week lockdown in a bid to stop the spread … Read more

Tim Davie to clampdown on moonlighting BBC stars by forcing them to register earnings

Moonlighting BBC stars will have to publicly register their additional earnings under a clampdown by director-general Tim Davie as he reveals tougher measures on their use of social media. Since taking over last month, Mr Davie has declared he plans to crackdown on a perceived lack of impartiality at the broadcaster, and reportedly has the … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: London calling… Genghis is working for the clampdown 

Spare us the crocodile tears, Genghis. London’s two-bob chancer of a mayor Sadiq Khan claims to be on a mission to save the hospitality industry. At the same time, he’s calling for the complete closure of our capital city, which would deliver the coup de grace to the hundreds of pubs, clubs, cafes and restaurants … Read more