Cross-union group sends out leaflets and hold online calls to persuade staff to vote against package agreed by leaders Members of Britain’s biggest health unions are organising a campaign to reject the pay agreement being recommended by union leaders, in a move that threatens to destroy the tentative truce between […]

Swiss government forces through takeover at well below market value amid fears of global banking crisis Millions paid in bonuses to UK SVB staff days after £1 rescue Bank runs, bailouts, rescues: are the ghosts of 2008 rising again? The Swiss government has forced through the takeover of stricken bank […]

Magnitude 6.8 tremors shake area 50 miles south of Ecuador’s second city, Guayaquil, with one death reported so far in Peru A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with […]

Ex-prime minister due at televised Commons committee hearing, with legal team about to publish new evidence backing his claims A defiant Boris Johnson is preparing an extraordinary televised defence of his actions during the Partygate scandal, as his allies this weekend accused the parliamentary inquiry into the affair of relying […]

Plans to raise money in new investment said to be behind reported move, after the company said it would have to cut staff The John Lewis retail group, which is 100% owned by its staff, is considering diluting its partnership structure, according to reports. Its chair, Sharon White, is in […]

Home secretary accused of rewarding favourable coverage on visit that is aimed at reinforcing the government’s migrant plan Suella Braverman has made her first trip to Rwanda as home secretary amid criticism that the Guardian, other liberal newspapers and the BBC have been shut out from the publicly funded visit. […]