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Financial Times – Resilient consumer spending spurs US economy to 4.9% GDP growth FINANCIAL TIMES SAYS the US economy expanded faster than expected in the third quarter, growing at its quickest pace in almost two years in the latest sign of the country’s economic resilience despite high interest rates. Strong consumer spending was the main driver of a 4.9 per cent annualised increase in gross domestic product, according to preliminary figures from the commerce department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. That was a jump from a 2.1 per cent rate in the second quarter, and the strongest figure since the fourth…

CITY AM – Fintech fund in failed talks with treasury Fintech Growth Fund: Treasury rejects pleas for cash as questions swirl on funding CITY AM SAYS A much-hyped Fintech Growth Fund has been secretly lobbying the Treasury for support as questions swirl over how much money it has been able to raise from the private sector, City A.M. can reveal. The Fintech Growth Fund, which ‘launched’ this August as a private sector-led initiative with Lord Philip Hammond as its chair, was formed on the back of a recommendation in the landmark Kalifa Review of Fintech in 2021, which proposed a…

Armando Broja has a knee issue.

Richard Scatchard poses a serious risk to women he forms relationships with.

Crispin Blunt arrest not sign of wider cultural issue in Tory party – Keegan The Independent says Gillian Keegan has insisted there is no wider cultural problem within the Conservatives, after senior MP Crispin Blunt was suspended by the party after being arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances. Mr Blunt, a former minister, identified himself as the man that Surrey Police detained in Horley on Wednesday morning, before his release on conditional bail. The Reigate MP said he will “co-operate fully” with the ongoing investigation and is “confident” that he will not be charged. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crispin-blunt-surrey-police-simon-hart-conservatives-horley-b2436992.html

Who is Crispin Blunt? The Tory MP and former Army officer who left his wife of 20 years after coming out as gay – and has been arrested on suspicion of ‘rape and drug offences’ Daily Mail says Crispin Blunt won his seat in the House of Commons in a rare consolation for the Tories on a dark night as they suffered a crushing 1997 defeat at the hands of Tony Blair’s New Labour. It marked a comeback for the former Army officer who signed up to Sandhurst at 18 in 1979 and stayed in the military, commissioned into the…

Crispin Blunt says he is Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape in social media post SKY News says Conservative MP Crispin Blunt says he has been arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances. In a statement on X, the Reigate MP said: “It has been reported that an MP was arrested yesterday in connection with an allegation of rape. “I am confirming that MP was me. The fact of the arrest requires a formal notification of the Speaker and then my chief whip. “I have now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident, the first…

Vogue editor Edward Enninful named UK’s most powerful black person Edward Enninful OBE, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue has been named as the UK’s most influential black person by the Powerlist 2023. Powerful Media’s annual list celebrates people of African, African Caribbean and African American heritage. Other names to make the list for 2024 include Afua Kyei, Bank of England chief financial officer, and Dragon’s Den star and podcaster Steven Bartlett. Enninful is the first black man to hold the top job at British Vogue but announced earlier this year he would be stepping down to help grow the brand…

‘Guess we’re just staring at each other then.’

He’d been so grateful and took the money without question. He soon had his car back on the road and his worries eased.