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Disgraced fund boss warned over his comeback: Neil Woodford is told by finance watchdog that his new company must seek approval before operating in the UK Neil Woodford announced he is preparing to launch a Jersey-based fund Up to 500,000 were affected when Woodford’s previous business failed in 2019 Events leading up to the collapse … Read more
City watchdog launches crackdown on cryptocurrency firms amid explosion of interest from investors By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 14 February 2021 The City watchdog has launched a crackdown on cryptocurrency firms amid an explosion of interest from investors. In the year to June … Read more
O2 fined £10.5m by watchdog after it overcharged 140,000 customers with the telecoms giant blaming billing errors The network has been fined £10.5m by Ofcom after overcharging customers It said the mistake was due to a billing error but has since rectified the problem All customers hit have been refunded and received an extra 4% … Read more
Gavin Williamson slams outgoing chairman of student watchdog for failing to protect free speech on Britain’s campuses Gavin Williamson criticised Office for Students for not protecting free speech He said under Sir Michael Barber ‘little regulatory action’ has been taken In a letter, he urged Lord Wharton of Yarm to ‘use the full range of its powers’ … Read more
NHS dental patients are being asked to pay private fees while others face two-year waits for appointments, a watchdog has warned. In one instance an individual was offered a procedure for £1,700 which was £60 on the NHS, Healthwatch England said. A document by the watchdog showed complaints of dentists prioritising private care and asking … Read more
1956 John Aspinall, who worked as a professional gambler, found inspiration in Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard – a book about an illegitimate Zulu prince who lived outside his tribe among wild animals. He decides to build a garden shed housing a Capuchin monkey, a 9-week-old tigress and two Himalayan bears – with seemingly … Read more
A care home has been slammed for uncleanliness after 19 residents died during the coronavirus pandemic. Staff at Lomond Court Nursing Home in Glenrothes, Fife, left clean laundry on the floor and uncovered milk and food in a dirty fridge that was not connected to power. The Care Inspectorate raised serious concerns and judged the … Read more
Ryanair ‘jab & go’ commercial banned by UK watchdog and labelled ‘misleading’ and ‘irresponsible’ after triggering the third-biggest volume of complaints for an ad of all time The ads, which ran in December and January, triggered 2,370 complaints The ASA carried out a fast track inquiry into the airline’s TV ads Ryanair said its advertising … Read more
The head of the UK’s data privacy watchdog has told MPs she can see the benefit of Covid-19 immunity passports, but warned they could pose data privacy risks and create a ‘two-tier’ society based on who has had the jab. Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham told MPs such a system would raise concerns about how health … Read more
Poor white teenagers in Britain’s ‘left behind’ ex-industrial and coastal towns are least likely group to go to university, watchdog warns They made up 90% of those in the bottom fifth of people likely to go to university Office for Students suggests more belief in equality of opportunity in big cities Decline of local institutions … Read more