Labour’s talk is all of tax rises and spending cuts. When will we see growth? • You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...

Amazon has told staff they must return five days a week – but experts don’t all agree that flexible working cuts output Four years ago when the world of work was upended by the Covid pandemic, confident predictions were made that a permanent shift in remote working would follow the removal of lockdown restrictions. Much has clearly changed since. Some of the earliest preachers of the brave new teleworking world – including the US tech companies Google and Microsoft – are among the most vocal to repent. Continue reading...

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The prime minister’s beauty sleep is interrupted by an unwelcome visitor with designs on the government’s spending plans • You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...

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Former president said he would end persecution of crypto industry if he wins US election in November * Business live – latest updates Bitcoin has hit its highest level in more than six weeks after Donald Trump said at the weekend he would end the “persecution” of the crypto industry if he wins the US presidential election. The cryptocurrency’s price rose by more than 3% on Monday to peak at about $69,745, the highest it has been since 12 June when the currency at one point changed hands at more than $69,800. Continue reading...

Banks, airlines, railways, telecoms companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline Britain’s Sky News is back on air after an outage lasting several hours, but its presenter said the news channel was operating at minimal capacity and without many of its usual services. Two presenters were reading from paper scripts, with one, Anna Jones, saying they were not yet able to connect to any guests outside the studio to conduct interviews. We’re impacted by the IT outage. This will have a big effect on us, so apologies in advance for the inconvenience caused, and delays on the phone. Due to ongoing Windows issues affecting IT worldwide, the practice is currently unable to function as normal. This may result in appointments needing to be cancelled and rearranged. Updates will follow when available. All practices in the UK using the NHS commissioned GP computer system EMIS are currently without access to their IT systems. This is beyond the control of GP surgeries. Please bear with us until we have our IT systems back online. We have no access to patient clinical records so are unable to book appointments or provide information... This is a national problem and is being worked on as a high priority. Unfortunately there is a national issue with EMIS Web - our clinical computer system. This will affect our ability to book/consult with patients this morning. We will update patients when we can. We apologise for the disruption. I’m currently sat in NHS Chorley Hospital (UK) and can confirm they are having issues and have been told they maybe cancelling appointments. I am an outpatient. Continue reading...