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Steph Driver, who worked for Sir Keir for five years in opposition before  joining him in Downing Street , confirmed today that she was leaving, amid a shake up of the PM's team.

Joely Walker left her glamorous job as Head of Beauty at Grazia magazine to focus on a chronic health issue.

The Prime Minister is expected to announce the mandatory identification system for all British residents at Labour 's annual conference in Liverpool.

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it duped users into paying for Prime memberships, the regulatory agency announced Thursday. CNBC: The surprise settlement comes as Amazon and the FTC were just three days into the trial in a Seattle federal court. Opening arguments took place on Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed by the FTC in June 2023 under the Biden administration, claimed that Amazon deceived tens of millions of customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and sabotaged their attempts to cancel it. Three senior Amazon executives were at risk of being held individually liable if the jury sided with the FTC. Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty to the FTC and will refund $1.5 billion to an estimated 35 million customers who were impacted by "unwanted Prime enrollment or deferred cancellation," the agency said.

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Inspector finds new homes would not provide adequate living conditions'

Plans have been submitted for 10 new flats in Chelmsford city centre

The Office for Students (OfS) found unwanted sexual behaviour is widespread across universities after polling around 52,000 students.

Changing food trends and e-tailers like Temu and TikTok Shop selling expensive-looking dishes for half the price have caused UK businesses like Wedgwood to suffer.

It's been going since 2015

While EC suspects vendor's practices stifle competition, it argues it is in line with industry standards

The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into SAP's behavior in the aftermarket for maintenance and support services in Europe.…

The 43-year-old retired tennis champ showcased her substantial weight loss in a animal-print teddy over black leggings, topped with a matching blazer

They are accused of stealing phones by driving past on a motorbike

Accenture has reduced its global workforce by more than 11,000 in the past three months and warned staff that more would be asked to leave if they cannot be retrained for the age of AI. From a report: The IT consulting group on Thursday detailed an $865 million restructuring programme and an outlook for the year ahead that reflects continuing sluggish corporate demand for consulting projects and a clampdown on spending within the US federal government. "We are exiting on a compressed timeline people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the skills we need," chief executive Julie Sweet told analysts on a conference call. The company employed 779,000 people at the end of August, it said, down from 791,000 three months earlier, after beginning a round of lay-offs that will continue until the end of November. It did not say how many jobs had gone directly as a result of the restructuring, but said severance payments and other costs totalled $615 million in the quarter just ended and would be $250 million more in the current three-month period.

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The TV presenter has spent his big milestone birthday in South Africa with Ant as they prepared for I'm A Celebrity's spin-off show.

Gary Poland, 56, told the public inquiry he thought he heard four or five loud bangs after dropping off Axel Rudakubana, 17, and assumed he had a gun and was shooting at people.

Binky Felstead has admitted that her younger self would be shocked by how different her life is now.

A football mad grandad has turned his back garden into a six seat private box, spending a reported £5,000 so his family can watch their local team from home.

Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain

The bcachefs file system, now "externally maintained" outside the Linux kernel codebase, offers packages of its first version to be loadable on the fly.…

Measures announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' upcoming Autumn Budget are unlikely to be enough to fill the so-called fiscal black hole, St James's Place's chief economist has warned.

Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece has sparked romance rumours after he was snapped sharing a kiss with American actress Madelyn Cline.