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MPs question Asda about ability to meet cost of living pressures

Supermarket co-owner Mohsin Issa asked to detail corporate structure as well as profit margins on petrol

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak faces fresh conflict of interest row over India trade talks

Labour has called for more financial transparency after it was revealed the prime minister’s wife’s shares could benefit from the agreement

The Guardian - UK

Post Office boss to give back bonus linked to Horizon scandal inquiry

Nick Read says he will return payment and apologises for ‘procedural and governance mistakes made’

The Guardian - UK

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Post Office boss to hand back £50k bonus from assisting Horizon inquiry

The boss of the Post Office will hand back all the bonus payments he was given for helping the investigation into a major miscarriage of justice…

The National (Scotland)

Commons committee demands answers from Post Office over inquiry bonus payments

Post Office refusing to fully claw back executive bonuses linked to inquiry into Horizon IT miscarriage of justice

The Guardian - UK

Let 1,000 AI pilots flourish to help public sector, says Labour MP

Darren Jones said use of artificial intelligence in the public sector needs to be ‘inclusive’, not ‘extractive’.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves defended NatWest boss as victim of ‘bullying’ day before Starmer said she was right to quit – as it happened

Shadow chancellor says Treasury should tackle cost of living crisis instead of attacking Dame Alison Rose, while Labour leader says she was right to resign

The Guardian - UK

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Labour questions Downing Street pressure on NatWest boss’s resignation

Dame Alison Rose quit as chief executive after coming under pressure from No 10 and the Treasury in the Nigel Farage row.

The Independent UK

Asda’s fuel margin targets were three times the 2019 level by 2023, MPs told

Asda told the CMA that it decided to pass down retail price falls in 2022 more slowly in areas where it had no direct competition, MPs were told.

The Independent UK

‘We have to flip the AI debate towards hope’: Labour’s techno-optimist, Darren Jones

The chair of the Commons business select committee is a firm believer that technology is a force for good and should be central to his party’s plans to transform the UK

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water in crisis talks over potential £10bn black hole

Minister tells Guardian government has ‘no grasp’ of cost involved in preventing possible collapse

The Guardian - UK

Supermarkets reject calls for price cap amid claims shops are profiteering from inflation

Food bosses said supermarkets the 'most competitive we have ever been' as they were grilled by MPs on Tuesday.

Daily Record

Supermarkets say they are doing everything they can amid ‘profiteering’ quiz

Supermarket senior executives from Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s have been questioned by MPs over eye-watering food inflation.

The Independent UK

Tesco boss defends hundreds of millions in profits during bruising exchange with MP

Speaking to MPs today, Tesco commerical director Gordon Gafa said the firm is the "most competitive we have ever been" - but Labour's Darren Jones questioned a steep rise in profits since Covid

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

New CBI chief to face MPs’ questions on future of lobby group

Rain Newton-Smith to be asked whether CBI can still claim to speak for big businesses after scandal

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak sparks confusion over investigation into Teesworks freeport

Downing Street said it was passing on queries to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

The Independent UK

MPs raise concerns about AI ‘explosion’ and call for UK to form global standards

Science Secretary Chloe Smith took Science and Technology questions in the Commons.

The Independent UK

UK set to miss 2035 target for green electricity, say MPs

Ministers have not provided ‘strategic leadership’ and there is no overarching plan, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said.

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Bristol Post

Dentists removing 'entire NHS list' from books as more go private

The crisis is 'worsening' says a Bristol MP

Bristol Post

Stranded Bristol bus passengers report more than 100 ‘ghost buses’ in last month

"I’m astounded at how badly Bristol’s bus network is blighted by ghost buses"

Chronicle Live

Royal Mail faces probe as MPs accuse it of failing to deliver letters six days a week

Ofcom to consider report after saying that postal service's recent performance was "clearly well short of where it should be"

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail CEO accused of ‘incompetence or cluelessness’ by MPs

Remarks come as regulator Ofcom asked to investigate if firm broke legal obligation on letter deliveries

The Independent UK

Royal Mail referred to regulator over letter delivery

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the company had ‘failed to deliver’ the so-called universal service obligation.

Daily Mirror

British Gas refuses to admit prepayment meter failings leaving MPs 'astonished'

Energy companies faced a dramatic grilling by MPs following reports of debt collectors forcibly breaking into vulnerable customers' homes to fit prepayment meters

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail makes its political headache worse

Chief executive’s answers to MPs suggest regulatory headaches may await firm beset by industrial action

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