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Sir Keir Starmer has nominated his former adviser Matthew Doyle for a peerage despite his past support for a councillor who had been charged with child sex offences.The shocking revelation comes as Conservative MPs demand an investigation into the finances of the Prime Minister’s current spin doctor, Tim Allan. Mr Doyle, who served as Downing Street’s director of communications until March, is due to take a seat in the House of Lords early next year. When Mr Doyle left No10, the PM described it as a “privilege” to have worked with him and that he had been “by my side…

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Lloyds Banking Group is set to close its invoice factoring service before the end of 2025, according to sources close to the discussions.The move represents another withdrawal by a major British lender from providing specialist finance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).Lloyds, the UK’s largest high street bank, currently offers invoice factoring to small businesses seeking to manage cash flow.Under the arrangement, the bank purchases unpaid invoices from firms and then collects payment directly from their customers.Two individuals with knowledge of the verdict said the service will be discontinued later this year.Lloyds has declined to comment on the decision when…

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Police investigating the attempted murder of two people in Bangor on 24 December have located the body of a man.Formal identification is yet to take place.A man aged in his 20s and a woman aged in her 50s both received serious injuries and have since been discharged following hospital treatment.It happened at about 15:30 GMT on Wednesday at a house in Chippendale Avenue.

At half-time in the 2025 All-Ireland football quarter-final, holders Armagh seemed in a decent place when leading Kerry by one point.However, there was a storm brewing and the Kingdom suddenly found their mojo, tearing through Kieran McGeeney’s side in the second period with 14 unanswered points rocking the Orchard men and paving the way for an eight-point win.There was no looking back from there as Kerry’s season, which had stuttered despite winning League and Munster titles, came alive.They put Tyrone to the sword in the semi-final and then produced another masterclass in the final against Ulster champions Donegal to complete…

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Royal news: Palace insider slaps down claim Kate Middleton and Prince William left ‘alarmed and unsettled’ by backlash`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } `; return trendingDiv; }

The number of firms entering administration rose by more than a fifth in the year to November, as British retailers face crippling pressure heading into 2026.Many business owners and leaders have urged the Chancellor to release some of the tax burden, including Asda’s boss, pleading her to resist “taxing everything in some way, shape or form”, and focus instead on investing in Britain to drive growth.Data from advisory firm Kroll shows 128 retail sector administrations were recorded during the period. This compares with 115 administrations across the whole of 2024, a 21.4 per cent increase on a pro rata basis.The…

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