Andy Burnham visits a pub and chats to the landlord as part of his campaign for the Makerfield byelection. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters View image in fullscreen Andy Burnham visits a pub and chats to the landlord as part of his campaign for the Makerfield byelection. Photograph: Temilade Ade…

A Labor MP has declared victory in the debate over the government’s tax reforms, engaging in a bit of meta-commentary at the end of parliament’s sitting fortnight. Julian Hill made the comments on the ABC’s Afternoon Briefing on Thursday. Hill said: double quotation mark I believe the government’s w…

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The court embraced the Trump administration’s argument that the FCC’s in-house system does not stop parties from bringing legal challenges. Photograph: Kevin Carter/Getty Images View image in fullscreen The court embraced the Trump administration’s argument that the FCC’s in-house system does not st…

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Some students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools.

Jaecoo SUVs, made by Chery. The company sold 8,200 cars in the UK last month. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Jaecoo SUVs, made by Chery. The company sold 8,200 cars in the UK last month. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock UK car sales hit post-Covid high as Chinese EV makers g…

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After a major Supreme Court ruling, state-level voting rights acts and redistricting strategies in Democratic-led states are among the limited ways left for protecting racial-minority voters' power.

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Larvae of the screwworm fly, collected from infected cows, are observed at the COPEG sterile fly production plant in Pacora, Panama, in 2025. Photograph: Enea Lebrun/Reuters View image in fullscreen Larvae of the screwworm fly, collected from infected cows, are observed at the COPEG sterile fly prod…

Lex Greensill leaves court after a hearing last year. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Lex Greensill leaves court after a hearing last year. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian Financier Lex Greensill banned from running UK companies for nine years Founder of Greensill Capital says there was no finding he acted dishonestly after his company collapsed owing £1.6bn The disgraced former financier Lex Greensill has been banned from running a UK company for nine years after he was judged to be unfit because of the 2021 collapse of his £1.6bn supply chain invoicing firm. The government’s Insolvency Service said on Thursday that Greensill had signed a disqualification undertaking, bringing the case to an end before a trial was due to begin on 8 June. He had previously sought to challenge the proceedings against him but a court ruled against his efforts in March. Greensill, a 49-year-old Australian former sugar farmer, had risen rapidly to prominence in the financial world by lending money to companies secured against unpaid invoices. Greensill Capital collapsed into administration in March 2021 with liabilities of more than £1.6bn. The subsequent political and financial scandal dragged in the former prime minister David Cameron, who had worked for the company, and the Japanese investor Masayoshi Son, whose Softbank backed the Greensill group. The Treasury select committee found in July 2021 that Cameron had shown a “significant lack of judgment” in lobbying for Greensill Capital to join a government coronavirus pandemic scheme in 2020, when it was starting to struggle. The Insolvency Service said Greensill breached his legal duty to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence as a company director, causing a loss of $440m to the Swiss bank Credit Suisse, which was later rescued by its rival, UBS . Duncan Beach, the chief executive at the Insolvency Service, said: “Director disqualifications exist to protect the public from those who have demonstrated they are unfit to run companies. A nine-year ban is a significant period – above the average for director disqualifications – and reflects the serious nature of Lex Greensill’s conduct.” The Insolvency Service had sought to disqualify Greensill for as long as 15 years. Greensill’s disqualification related particularly to his company’s lending to Katerra, a US construction company. Funds controlled by Credit Suisse bought the loans, which were backed by insurance. However, Greensill directed his companies to enter transactions that removed legal protections from the loan notes, despite lacking the written consents required by law. Credit Suisse ended up losing its investment. A spokesperson for Lex Greensill said: “After four years of investigation, this matter has concluded with no finding that Mr Greensill acted dishonestly or in bad faith.” Greensill still faces a separate civil action by administrators for Greensill Capital (UK), in which he is named as a defendant. He was a

Andy Burnham visits a pub and chats to the landlord as part of his campaign for the Makerfield byelection. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters View image in fullscreen Andy Burnham visits a pub and chats to the landlord as part of his campaign for the Makerfield byelection. Photograph: Temilade Ade…

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A Labor MP has declared victory in the debate over the government’s tax reforms, engaging in a bit of meta-commentary at the end of parliament’s sitting fortnight. Julian Hill made the comments on the ABC’s Afternoon Briefing on Thursday. Hill said: double quotation mark I believe the government’s w…

Jaecoo SUVs, made by Chery. The company sold 8,200 cars in the UK last month. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Jaecoo SUVs, made by Chery. The company sold 8,200 cars in the UK last month. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock UK car sales hit post-Covid high as Chinese EV makers g…