Meeting of 10-11 June 2026
Ms Schnabel started her presentation by noting that, since the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 29-30 April 2026, euro area financial markets had been torn between two competing developments: the …
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A brilliant and bonkers day out: how art and spectacle transformed a former Durham mining town
Bishop Auckland is abuzz with culture and family fun, thanks to the vision of Auckland Palace’s owners – and the new Kynren show featuring birds of prey, Viking raids and mythical beasts, which opens next week
EU’s ‘unpleasant and dangerous’ border checks need overhaul, says Greek airports boss
Airports have had to use gazebos to shield passengers from sun as they wait to be processed, says Alexander Zinell
Britain’s dysfunctional dynamic: the public wants change, but those in power always tell them it’s not possible | Andy Beckett
Whenever major reform is proposed the media, big business and Westminster quickly conclude it’s too expensive and disruptive. This doesn’t bode well for Andy Burnham
PlayStation says it will stop making physical games – and that should worry us all
Sony’s announcement spells the end of a whole ecosystem built by superfan collectors – and signals a troubling shift in the industry
‘I’m left with a year of nothing’: UK gap year students lose thousands of pounds as tour operator closes
GVI shuts down without refunds for students booked on volunteer programmes with overseas conservation projects
‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?
Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nature
Teatime in Tbilisi: Georgia’s Soviet-era plantations brew up a renaissance
Georgia’s tea industry collapsed alongside the Soviet Union but is now reaching a luxury market
All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says
Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards
Sizewell B nuclear power plant granted a 20-year life extension
Extension comes as government encourages first nuclear power projects in a generation to meet UK’s growing need for electricity
EFL examines Sheffield United over claim owners trying to avoid paying full purchase price
The English Football League is investigating allegations that Sheffield United’s owner, the American investment group COH Sports, has formed a new parent company for the club to avoid paying £35m owed to the previous ow…
Pet prescriptions could be capped at £21 under proposed vet sector reforms
Ministers also considering licence requirement and regulator to try to cut bills and increase choice
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 16-17, 2026
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on June 16â17, 2026.
City watchdog attacks consumer group in £9.1bn car loan payout battle
FCA clashes with Consumer Voice, alleging lack of transparency and conflict of interest
FCA charges individual with insider dealing
Richard Bloomfield has been charged by the FCA with 5 counts of insider dealing.
UK Treasury yet to do due diligence on finding extra money for defence
How to hit the 3.5% of GDP spending promise made to Nato would be a matter for the next prime minister, MPs told
Millions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny
The rise in public support for Reform UK – and Nigel Farage’s own prediction that he expects to be the UK’s next prime minister – has put the party and its leader in unfamiliar territory.
SEC to Host Virtual Roundtable on Modernizing IPOs and Expanding Access to Public Markets
Washington, D.C.--(Newsfile Corp. - July 8, 2026) - The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee announced that it will hold a meeting on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 10 a.m.…
UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security
MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security
Minutes of the UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee – June 2026
The Co-Chair welcomed members of the Committee to this hybrid meeting (the first of 2026) and noted that the minutes of the last UK Money Market Code Sub-Committee (Code Sub-Committee) meeting (held on 3 December 2025) …
Big house, billions in the bank? For just £100,000, you could make it snow indoors
If I were a billionaire I’d say to my people: “First things first – let’s find a way to stop this snow coming in.” If you were a billionaire, you’d probably live somewhere hot, so you would have to pay to make it snow i…
Britain’s markets attracting generation of highly educated entrepreneurs
Nearly a quarter of market traders now hold master’s degree, PhD or medical doctorate, research shows
Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it | Simon Jenkins
His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him
Datacentres are a ticking timebomb. We must make sure AI’s benefits outweigh the costs | Nicki Hutley
They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?