Schumer invites McCormick and Gallego to Senate orientation
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has extended Senate orientation invitations to Pennsylvania Republican Dave McCormick and Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego after previously withholding them while their respective races remained unsettled. Schumer previously insisted the Pennsylvania race had not yet been
State of Congress: House looks to California (and Trump)
The breakdown of the Senate is all but set. And a handful of races in California — and President-elect Donald Trump’s personnel decisions — seem likely to determine how much wiggle room Republicans will have in their probable House majority.
UK workforce split on working from home as hybrid model persists post-pandemic
More than five years after the onset of the pandemic, remote working remains a central part of UK work culture. According to recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 41% of the British workforce now works from home at
Metro Bank fined £16.6m by FCA over money laundering monitoring failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Metro Bank £16.6 million for failing to implement adequate systems to monitor money laundering risks, impacting over 60 million transactions valued at more than £51 billion. The lapses, occurring between June 2016 and December
UK unemployment rises as wage growth slows, affecting interest rate cut prospects
UK wage growth has slowed to its lowest rate in more than two years, while unemployment rose to 4.3% in the three months to September, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data, which reveals a