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Matthew Fell, the chief UK policy director at the CBI, will now lead the group on an interim basis during the probe The boss of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), one of the UK’s largest business groups, has stepped aside pending an investigation following complaints about his conduct in the workplace. The organisation said it had looked into an allegation about Tony Danker’s behaviour in January but found that

The change will come into effect from the 1st of April Costa Coffee has unveiled plans to hike salaries for more than 16,000 UK workers as it became the latest firm to increase pay ahead of the minimum wage increase. The coffee chain, which is owned by the Coca-Cola Company, said it will raise the base rate of pay for workers across its 1,520 company-owned stores in the UK from

The Silver Arrows finished 5th and 7th in the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One future is set to be put on hold as Mercedes attempt to resolve their miserable start to the new season. Hamilton finished fifth at the opening round in Bahrain on Sunday – 51 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen – with team-mate George Russell seventh. The seven-time world champion’s contract expires at the

Police searching for five people who disappeared after a night out in Cardiff say they have located three of them dead. The other two missing people have been transported to hospital with serious injuries. All five people, three women and two men, had last been seen in Cardiff in the early hours of Saturday. The women, Sophie Russon, 20, Eve Smith, 21, and Darcy Ross, 21, were last seen in

The former vaccines taskforce boss has branded Matt Hancock a “bit like a headless chicken”, as new messages emerged in the leak of the former health secretary’s WhatsApp correspondence. Dr Clive Dix, the former chairman of the Vaccines Taskforce, used an article in the Telegraph to call Mr Hancock the “the most difficult of all the ministers because he didn’t take time to understand anything”. “He was all over the

Liverpool turned in a stunning display to rout old foes Manchester United 7-0 during another frantic weekend of Premier League football. Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s record Premier League scorer as they put the boot into Manchester United’s chances of joining the title race with a humiliating and historic 7-0 mauling at Anfield. The future of the Reds’ forward line paved the way as Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo scored twice to

Brennan Johnson’s double helped Nottingham Forest twice come from behind to earn a vital point in a 2-2 draw against Everton in a crunch clash at the bottom of the Premier League. First-half goals from Demarai Gray and Abdoulaye Doucoure had put the Toffees on course for a third win in six games under Sean Dyche at the City Ground. But Johnson, who cancelled out Gray’s early penalty, ensured his side earned

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday New legislation pledged by the Prime Minister to tackle illegal migration will form only one part of the Government’s response to the issue, a senior minister has said. It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday that would make asylum claims inadmissible from those who travel to

Fares in England and Wales have jumped by up to 5.9% on average Train passengers are forced to “grin and bear” the largest hike in fares for more than a decade despite cost-of-living pressures, a campaign group has said. Fares in England and Wales jumped by up to 5.9% on average on Sunday, adding hundreds of pounds to the cost of many annual season tickets. As union strikes and unreliable

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has offered a staunch defence of the former prime minister Boris Johnson did not knowingly mislead Parliament over partygate, a senior Cabinet minister has said. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris offered a staunch defence of the former prime minister on Sunday, after a Privileges Committee report found that evidence strongly suggested breaches of coronavirus rules would have been “obvious” to Mr Johnson. Mr Heaton-Harris, who