The FT reports that Ernst & Young has scrapped plans to split up its audit and consulting businesses.
An image of yesterday’s junior doctors’ strike kicking off in England sits atop the paper, but the business paper’s main focus is the news that Big Four firm EY has scrapped plans to break up its audit and consulting businesses after “months of internal disagreement”.
Elsewhere there is the claim that the Confederation of British Industry is “fighting for its reputation” following the sacking of its boss Tony Danker over sexual misconduct claims.
MPs are set to debate the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill again on Friday, following major amendments and months of committee scrutiny. The bill, first passed in November by 330 votes to 275, would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to seek assisted dying.
Cliff Notes Chef Steven Smith suggests implementing deposits instead of minimum spends in restaurants to combat no-shows, which have greater
Labour peer Harriet Harman criticises Sir Keir Starmer for dismissing Plaid Cymru’s Liz Saville Roberts during PMQs by saying “you’re rubbish” instead of clarifying his immigration policy.
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been abducted by Russian forces, with nearly 16,000 identified in a network of prisons, where they face inhumane treatment and torture.
Chris Brown has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent following an alleged incident in London on 19 February 2023.
Prime Minister’s statement about Britain becoming an “island of strangers” has drawn criticism, evoking comparisons to Enoch Powell’s controversial rhetoric from 1968.
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