Sir Alex Ferguson backs Marcus Rashford’s food drive with £2m pledge

Sir Alex Ferguson has praised the efforts of Marcus Rashford as he teamed up with the Manchester United forward to tackle child food poverty. Rashford was awarded an MBE for his recent campaigning – which also saw the Government twice make a U-turn on providing free school meals during holidays. Now the 23-year-old has said … Read more

G4S makes dividend pledge to sweeten shareholders

G4S makes dividend pledge to sweeten shareholders as deadline approaches on predator’s £3bn offer By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 G4S has offered a final sweetener to shareholders ahead of the deadline to respond to Canadian predator Garda World’s £3billion offer. … Read more

Spending review: Rishi Sunak fails to rally FTSE 100 with pledge to splash more cash

Rishi fails to rally FTSE with pledge to splash MORE cash: London markets tumble with 42-point slide by 0.65% to 6,390 as Spending Review lays bare Britain’s grave economic state FTSE 100 down at 6,390 soon after Rishi Sunak began speaking in Commons Index of Britain’s biggest companies had been up at 6,464 in early … Read more

Spending Review: Rishi Sunak to pledge £3bn to help unemployed

Rishi Sunak will pledge a fighting fund worth almost £3billion at tomorrow’s Spending Review to help one million unemployed people find a job as UK recovers from the coronavirus crisis Chancellor Rishi Sunak will tomorrow set out his one-year Spending Review  The review will include £2.9billion over three years for a new Restart scheme The … Read more

Public sector cuts: Boris Johnson teachers’ pay rise pledge in doubt

Boris Johnson’s election pledge to pay newly qualified teachers £30,000 is in doubt despite unions threatening industrial action and warning of an ‘exodus’ from the profession. Rishi Sunak is preparing a ‘pay restraint’ across the public sector, despite the £6,000 pay rise being a key policy in the 2019 Tory manifesto. Johnson had pledged to … Read more

Boris Johnson’s pledge to raise new teachers’ pay to £30,000 in doubt as unions threaten strikes

Boris Johnson’s election pledge to pay newly qualified teachers £30,000 is in doubt despite unions threatening industrial action and warning of an ‘exodus’ from the profession. Rishi Sunak is preparing a ‘pay restraint’ across the public sector, despite the £6,000 pay rise being a key policy in the 2019 Tory manifesto. Johnson had pledged to … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Investors hail £16.5bn defence spending pledge

Boris Johnson’s drive to ‘end the era of retreat’ and bolster Britain’s defence spending was music to traders’ ears.  Shares in military contractors advanced after the Prime Minister twisted Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s arm and netted an extra £16.5 billion of funding that will be paid out over the next four years.  The UK’s biggest defence … Read more

Nationwide bosses vow not to abandon towns and pledge to keep at least one branch open in each area

Nationwide bosses vow not to abandon towns and pledge to keep at least one branch open in each area Nationwide had pledged to keep at least one branch open in towns until May It has extended this commitment until January 2023 as a result of the pandemic  Nationwide’s promise will be a relief for many … Read more

Critics warn Government’s nuclear power pledge lacks detail 

Nuclear plans are ‘a canvas half-painted’: Critics warn Government’s power stations pledge lacks detail By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 22:22 GMT, 18 November 2020 Britain’s nuclear industry has welcomed a Government pledge to build new power stations but urged ministers to outline a more detailed … Read more

ITV, KPMG and Diageo are among 20 top firms in race pledge

ITV, KPMG and Diageo are among 20 top firms pledging to have at least one ethnic-minority director on their boards by 2024 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:02 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 26 October 2020 ITV, KPMG and Diageo are among 20 top firms pledging to have at … Read more