A vote on the prime minister’s Brexit deal should take place “as soon as possible”, said justice secretary David Gauke, who added: “I think we want to bring it back as quickly as we can but we want to bring it back to succeed.”
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A breakthrough in talks between the US and China is hoped for as negotiators work to prevent an escalation in tit-for-tat tariffs that threaten a full-scale trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
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Metro Bank shareholders have been urged to reject the lender’s pay report and withhold support for its chairman and chief executive as investors take action over a recent accounting error.
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Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has been boosted at a trial in the US after a sales manager admits ‘no evidence’ he sent emails to manipulate accounting.
