‘Suited svengalis’ who help the Chinese government decide which British businesses to buy will be investigated by MPs amid fears Beijing is using coronavirus pandemic to advance its commercial interests Fears of Beijing using Covid-19 for commercial benefit have now arisen Advisers who help Chinese regime to target British businesses now investigated Peter Mandelson and Sir … Read more
Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes, Celine Dion and more are joining Lady Gaga for her coronavirus benefit show. The trio of musical superstars will be joined by the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Camila Cabello, Alicia Keys and Sam Smith for the One World: Together at Home event this Saturday. Curated by Gaga, 33, it will be … Read more
Pull your finger out and tell parents child benefit errors can hit their state pension, NICKY MORGAN MP warns the Government By Nicky Morgan Mp For This Is Money Published: 13:44 BST, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 14:09 BST, 7 June 2019 Nicky Morgan MP, chair of the Treasury Committee: ‘The problem was wholly foreseeable … Read more
Parents of newborns urged to sign up for child benefit, even though birth registrations are on hold during the coronavirus crisis Register offices are closed for now because of the coronavirus outbreak HMRC says parents can claim child benefit anyway – find out how below Payments are £21.05 a week for a first child and … Read more
The number of families claiming child benefit has plunged by 44,000 to 7.28million over a year, putting more parents at risk of a poorer old age. Parents – mostly mums – can end up tens of thousands of pounds worse off in retirement because not claiming deprives them of valuable credits towards their state pension. … Read more
The gold price has hit record highs in several currencies in recent days, including the pound, Canadian dollar, South African rand, and Australian dollar. It has also recovered much of the ground lost in US dollar terms when investors sold heavily to cover losses elsewhere in the market. That selling is now abating, and the … Read more
CIOs and big data planners need to put on their financial hats and think about the cost of data transport Image: Blue Planet Studio, Getty Images/iStockphoto There isn’t a company or a communications provider that isn’t thinking about the importance of 5G networks, which promise low latency and data transfer speeds that can be as … Read more