Last week's IMF forecast for UK growth - minus 0.3% in 2023 - featured heavily across TV/radio news bulletins. Very few mentioned that IMF also reported that in 2022 chalked up 4% growth, the fastest in the G7 – a fact, rather than a forecast. The highly-influential @EY_UKI

Some people think there must have been some fraud at the Post Office. There was, and that seems to have influenced management to trust the new - and badly flawed - IT system rather than the staff! The result was a tragedy.

Our new report: 40% of all HMRC late filing penalties charged to people who don't earn enough to pay tax. 420,000 penalties charged to people on low incomes over the last four years. Article here: taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/06/26/pen… Thread follows

moneymagpie.com/manage-your-mo… Jasmine Birtles

"OneSavings Bank shares plunge by nearly a quarter" (cityam.com) Why does it surprise these 'bankers' that customers would move before slipping onto excessive interest rate payments? #BadPlanning? #culture

RESHORING: American-owned engineering giant Cummins has transferred L9N natural gas engine production from its Rocky Mount Engine Plant in North Carolina to its Darlington factory. The move was completed in just six months following a significant investment in the Darlington

CONFIRMED: Jaguar Land Rover-owner Tata has announced plans to build a new £4 billion battery manufacturing plant in Somerset which is expected to create 4,000 direct jobs and thousands more across the supply chain. cityam.com/confirmed-jagu… #UKmfg🇬🇧

The Public Sector Fraud Authority launched one year ago today with a simple mission: transform the way we fight fraud. Here's a breakdown of key statistics 👇

JCB has made a major breakthrough in proving the wider appeal of hydrogen combustion technology by installing one of its super-efficient hydrogen engines into a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van. The white van retrofit was completed in just two weeks and one of the vehicle’s first test

Well done to @WalesTechWeek and Development Bank of Wales - also thanks for your investment and support of #Obrenza and #HopeMacy #FCA authorised #Fintech Initiatives to help #Wales #employment and #CostOfLiving everywhere....

NatWest launches home energy hub finextra.com/newsarticle/43… via Finextra

The UK’s thriving, and internationally renowned, motorsport industry comprises over 4,000 firms and supports more than 40,000 British jobs. The majority of current Formula One teams, including McLaren, Aston Martin, Red Bull, Williams and Mercedes, have their headquarters and

'There is nothing democratic about the ECHR. The living instrument doctrine is something they've developed without any authority from member states. It makes new rights as it pleases. We can't take charge of migration until we have decided to do it ourselves.' Jacob Rees-Mogg

Governance and the #NationalTrust - after many many years we have cancelled our annual charitable donations and moved to #EnglishHeritage

#PostOfficeScandal Susan Crichton has finished her evidence session and now sworn in is Chris Aujard who took up the role as GC Post Office in 2013 until late 2015. If you would like to take part in #PostOfficeInquiry Bingo then join in now👇 H/t Sean Hudson

The UK is now the fourth largest exporter of goods and services in the world, overtaking France, Netherlands and Japan. According to the latest statistics from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which leads on global trade for the UN, the UK has overtaken

Yesterday the Ministry of Justice announced it’s to seek Parliamentary approval for a £1,150,000 advance from the Contingencies Fund to undertake its work relating to the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill:   theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2024-0…

#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry #StateScandal A former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir David Calvert-Smith, who ­reviewed scores of sub-postmaster ­appeals for the Post Office has said that in at least 12 of the convictions, judges should have “probed” the prosecution

The Bank of England crashed the economy and cannot be voted out of power.