“David and Peter both have huge strengths,” Knight says. “You could make an argument that Peter’s someone you want close to home. My sense is he has been advising the leader’s office in the run-up to the election. And that went well. If David’s ready to move on from IRC he would be a brilliant...
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Axed Dyson workers reveal they found out they were losing their jobs on the news and claim bosses execute the ruthless cuts quickly ‘to protect trade secrets’ after firm announced it was slashing 1,000 British roles
Former Dyson workers have revealed how they found out about the manufacturer’s plan to cut 1,000 of its British employees’ jobs. Cuts at the vacuum and air appliances manufacturer, founded by Norfolk-born inventor Sir James Dyson, equate to almost a third of its 3,500-strong UK workforce. As employees entered Dyson’s One Cathedral Square in Bristol...
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British police track down suspect in crossbow killings of BBC presenter’s wife, daughters | CBC News
The man suspected of using a crossbow to kill the wife and two daughters of a well-known BBC radio commentator has been found and taken into custody, British police said Wednesday, ending a manhunt in north London. In a statement, Hertfordshire Police said 26-year-old Kyle Clifford had been found in the Enfield area of the city’s north...
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The vigilante drivers battling Britain’s traffic cameras
The cameras are everywhere. Our motorways, our car parks, our quiet suburban streets – automatic number plate recognition, or ANPR, observes Britain’s drivers through a vast network of unblinking eyes, keeping tabs on where and when we’ve travelled. Unbeknown to most of us, this is a cornerstone of our civic infrastructure. ANPR systems allow the...
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How Dyson has ‘abandoned’ UK as it grapples with ‘huge competition’ from lookalike rivals: Experts say tech firm’s ‘devastating’ decision to slash 1,000 jobs was ‘not a surprise’ after new products struggled to take off amid relocation to Singapore
Brexit billionaire Sir James Dyson sparked a major backlash when he decided to relocate his firm’s global headquarters to Singapore just three years after the referendum. He defended the move and has always maintained Dyson is a ‘British company’. But it appears Dyson has turned its back on Britain again by cutting a third of...
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Dyson to cut 1,000 British jobs as it announces global workforce review
Means almost one-in-three jobs will be lost among its domestic workforce Staff were told the news in an email on Tuesday morning Brexit-supporting founder previously said British economy was being held back By Elly Blake Published: 13:00 BST, 9 July 2024 | Updated: 13:51 BST, 9 July 2024 Dyson has announced plans to axe 1,000...
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Doom-laden Chancellor opens door to tax rises – as Rachel Reeves says the UK’s public finances are at their worst since the Second World War
Labour was accused of clearing the way for tax rises last night, after Rachel Reeves warned Britain’s public finances are in the worst state since the Second World War. The new Chancellor issued a doom-laden warning about the ‘spending inheritance’ left behind by the Conservatives, whom she accused of years of ‘economic irresponsibility’. And she...
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Is James Timpson the most dangerous man in Britain?
It has long been unfashionable to say this too loudly in Westminster, but prisons are vital to public safety and cutting crime. We need more of them. Unsurprisingly, Labour’s newly appointed Prisons Minister James Timpson doesn’t agree. A key-cutting CEO turned prison reformer, he has a history of employing former inmates. He was until recently...
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The rise (and rise) of padel: How rapidly growing racket sport beloved by David Beckham, Jurgen Klopp and Serena Williams is putting tennis ‘at risk’ – as padelmania sweeps across Britain
As Wimbledon battles on in SW19 you could be forgiven for thinking that tennis will always be the King of racquet sports in Britain. But there’s a new form of tennis in town as stars including David Beckham, Jurgen Klopp and even Serena Williams are leading the way in shifting towards padel. The sport –...
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Whisper it, but the election shows that Britain is fast turning French
Britain, the Brexiteers claimed in 2016, is fundamentally different from the Continent – above all in its political culture, but also economically and constitutionally. At first sight, the 2024 election would seem to confirm that judgment. France appears likely to elect Marine Le Pen’s radical-Right National Rally as the leading party in the National Assembly,...
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Labour’s win is a victory for the smuggest people in Britain: the Sub-Lineker Sensibles
Sir Keir Starmer will no doubt call his spectacular landslide a victory for “working people”. In reality, however, it’s a victory for a much smaller, and far more specific, group. The Sub-Lineker Sensibles. You know the type of people I mean. They’re the type who will rejoice that “the grown-ups” are now “back in the...
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How to Style like … Lewis Hamilton: F1 champ dresses as boldly as he drives
Formula One drivers don’t lack confidence. Their sport favours the fast and the brave and Lewis Hamilton has very much proved he is both those things, winning the world championship a joint record seven times – and piling up millions in the process. The 39-year-old Briton displays those same traits off the track too, with...