Former UK-based vice-president Bruce Daisley thinks Tesla boss has underestimated the complexity of his restructuring plans Elon Musk “doesn’t know what he’s doing” with Twitter and is “making everyone alarmed”, a former executive has said, after major brands paused their advertising spend on the platform and the company laid off […]
‘It’s a total disaster,’ says whistleblower as Home Office brings in novice workers to clear backlog The Home Office is hiring asylum decision-makers from customer service and sales positions at McDonald’s, Tesco and Aldi as part of a recruitment drive to clear its huge backlog of asylum applications, the Observer […]
Angry at not being invited to the Queen’s funeral, minister sent string of abusive texts Gavin Williamson, the cabinet office minister, warned the Conservative chief whip that “there is a price for everything” in a string of angry messages being investigated by the party, it has emerged. Williamson, who attends […]
Claims that the social media platform’s entire curation team was dismissed prompts fears content could become ‘more toxic’ Elon Musk ended his first week as Twitter’s owner with an indelible mark by slashing, by some estimates, up to half of the company’s workforce with little notice and abruptly cutting off […]
Late notice means services will still be affected; Royal Mail and CWU to start new talks over postal strikes Three 24-hour strikes by railway workers scheduled for the coming week have been called off, the RMT union has announced, saying it will now enter “a period of intensive negotiations” with […]
Exclusive: Staff disciplined after asylum seekers understood to have complained about attempts to sell them cannabis UK politics live – latest news updates Home Office contractors have been disciplined after trying to sell illegal drugs to asylum seekers at the crisis-hit processing centre at Manston in Kent. It is understood […]
Police watchdog says it has launched two investigations into the Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers Nine police officers are being investigated for the alleged use of discriminatory language while on duty, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has said. In a statement on Friday, the IOPC said it has launched […]
Veteran leader and his far-right allies win decisive 64 seats in 120-seat Knesset The former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun coalition negotiations on forming a government, after winning a decisive majority in Israel’s fifth election in four years with the help of ultra-Orthodox parties and a new alliance […]
UK economy faces ‘very challenging outlook’ with recession now expected to last until middle of 2024 Analysis: Bank signals rates probably won’t go much higher How will the UK interest rate hike affect you? The Bank of England has warned the UK risked being plunged into the longest recession in […]
The reduction, which will be delivered by email, comes as the new Twitter CEO was speculated to cut as much as 50% of staff Elon Musk will begin mass layoffs at Twitter on Friday, sharply reducing the social media platform’s workforce, the company said in an email to staff on […]