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Friday’s leads report on the war in Ukraine as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer flies to Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden. The meeting is expected to cover whether to give Ukraine permission to fire Western long-range weapons into Russia.
A second, domestic, lead for the papers reports that junk food adverts are going to be banned from TV before 21:00 from October next year.
Many of the newspapers carry images of American billionaire Jared Isaacman after he completed the world’s first commercial spacewalk as part of a SpaceX mission. His words are quoted on several front pages: “The world looks perfect from here.”
The Daily Telegraph has an interview with Foreign Secretary David Lammy who says the UK and US must give Ukraine the weapons it needs to help the country win. Lammy says the coming months will be “crucial” for Kyiv.
The Guardian leads with the prime minister’s comments that President Vladimir Putin could end the conflict in Ukraine “straight away”. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has responded directly to Putin’s threats, the paper says, by saying Russia started this war and could choose to end it at any time.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning that the UK and US will be “at war” with Russia if they allow Ukraine to use their missiles across the border, leads The Times. The paper reports Putin’s comment that it would “change the very nature of the conflict.” forcing Moscow to respond. The paper says the meeting represents a “shift” from the current policy of staying the course – to one looking for some form of end to the conflict.
The Mail reports on plans for a pre-watershed ban on junk food advertising and a total ban on paid advertising online. The measures are part of a bid to crackdown on child obesity but the paper calls it a “new era of the nanny state” and quotes critics saying it won’t do much to help people lose weight.
The Times says the ban will be the first of several tough public health measures that ministers believe will be essential to helping to sort out the dire state of the NHS.
The i reports that campaigners have welcomed the move which will see junk food ads banned from TV before 21:00. Health experts and campaigners believe will “shield children.”
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Melrose Industries said it is on track to hit looming profit targets despite the industry-wide supply chain challenges plaguing the aerospace sector.
The Birmingham-based manufacturer said this morning it expects adjusted operating profit of between £550m and £570m this year and £700m in 2025.
In an update to markets, Melrose flagged a seven per cent year-on-year rise in revenue, driven by a 17 per cent jump in its Engines division.
Aerospace manufacturers, particularly the major planemaker’s Airbus and Boeing, have struggled to meet a significant ramp-up in post-Covid demand from their airline customers, as a result of long-running supply chain problems.
Huel, which counts the likes of Idris Elba, Steven Bartlett and Jonathan Ross among its investors, has reported record sales as a profit almost tripled during its latest financial year.
The Hertfordshire-headquartered company, which is known for its vitamin-enriched food items, has reported a revenue of £214m for the 12 months to 31 July, 2024, up from the £184.5m it achieved in the prior 12 months.
Huel’s pre-tax profit also jumped from £4.7m to £13.8m over the same period, according to new figures.
The business said its products are now sold in 25,650 stores, up from 11,250.
The average price tag on a newly marketed home dropped by over £5,000 in November as buyer demand revived in the wake of the Bank of England’s recent interest rate cut.
According to Rightmove, the standard price for a newly marketed home currently sits at £366,592, a 1.4 per cent month-on-month drop.
That downward trend is steeper than usual, with a typical November fall being around 0.8 per cent.
Rightmove said its data indicated that a fall in buyers approaching estate agents following the Autumn Budget, had been offset by a rise in buyer demand after the Bank of England lowered interest rates to 4.75 per cent in only the second cut this year.
Sir Keir is in Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday, as allies of Kyiv discuss giving Ukraine permission to fire their missiles at targets inside Russia.
This will be seen as an escalation by Putin. He told Russian state television that this would “mean nothing other than the direct participation of NATO countries – the US and European countries – in the war in Ukraine.”
Alongside the license Starmer will be pledging to give more financial support to Ukraine specifically at a time when the UK is cutting winter fuel payments to grandparents in the UK.
Tesco loses big HR legal case in the Supreme Court, its ‘hire and fire’ appeal after the Supreme Court ruled it cannot terminate its employees’ contracts for the purpose of depriving them of retained payment.
The judge said that employees contracts contained a clause barring the supermarket giant from removing their right to retained pay.
This provides a precedent for that other companies who have been using new contracts to get out of previous liability.
The most important takeaway for employment professionals and HR teams for this case is that communications between unions, employers and employees issued during consultation were held to be relevant to the interpretation of what particular contractual terms actually meant.
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