Investigation says Sharp broke rules on public appointments, creating ‘potential perceived conflict of interest’UK politics live – latest updatesRichard Sharp has resigned as BBC chair after he breached the rules on public appointments by failing to declare his connection to a secret £800,000 loan made to Boris Johnson.Sharp quit on Friday morning after concluding his continued presence at the BBC “may well be a distraction from the corporation’s good work”. Continue reading...

The Carlyle Group’s 2011-22 greenhouse gas footprint was roughly equivalent to Alaska’s ‘carbon bomb’ Willow drilling projectA leading private equity firm that claims to be an industry climate leader in fact almost doubled its average annual greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel investments over the past decade, according to new research.The Carlyle Group’s portfolio of fossil fuel companies emitted an estimated 277m metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) – a measure that includes methane and other potent global-heating gases – from 2011 to 2021, according to an...

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The energy giant says the profits came despite paying about $200m (£160m) in windfall taxes in Europe.

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Sir Ian Livingstone says he hopes a settlement can be reached for Microsoft's takeover of Activision.

Hybrid workers will have to spend at least two days a week in the office, Lloyds Banking Group has told staff, with “card swipe data” used to monitor their return.Read more: Lloyds Bank orders staff to return to the office ‘at least’ two days a week

Natwest has beaten profit expectations during the first three months of this year.Read more: Natwest customers withdraw £1bn as cost of living and tax bills bite

A lack of flexible job opportunities is keeping over 50s out of the workforce and preventing retirees from returning to employment according to a survey.Read more: Over 50s and retirees want to work more, so long as it’s flexible

Britain is poised to dodge a recession this year, but inflation will not return to the Bank of England’s two per cent target until the end of next year, new forecasts out last night revealed.Read more: UK to avoid recession but inflation won’t return to Bank of England target until end of next year

Wikipedia will not comply with any age checks required under the Online Safety Bill, its foundation says.Read more: Wikipedia will not perform Online Safety Bill age checks

The UK government’s pledges on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from farming and land use fall short of promises made in its net zero strategy, analysis has found.Read more: UK failing to honour net zero farming pledges, report finds

The number of cars built in the first three months of the year rose by 6 per cent, but the overall volume of vehicles produced remains lower than before the pandemic.Read more: Carmakers recover ground in first three month of the year with rising exports to EU

Business confidence reached its highest level since May last year as bosses become more optimistic about the wider economy, a new survey has found.Read more: Business confidence at highest for a year

Ministers are to dramatically scale back the number of EU laws to be scrapped by the end of the year as part of Rishi Sunak’s bonfire of Brussels rules and regulations.Read more: Far fewer EU laws to be scrapped than planned

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The central bank's annual report highlighted the "unprecedented" increases in food and fuel prices.

More and more employers are taking action to support staff going through menopause.Read more: How employers can support staff going through menopause

The rail union rejects train firm proposals and will launch strike action on 13 May.

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is the latest personality to be pranked by comedians.

News that the government has launched a consultation to address the ‘double taxation’ of IR35 under the off-payroll working rules has been universally welcomed.Read more: Consultation launched into double-taxation of IR35 

IRIS Audio Technologies has today announced it has raised $7m in a Series A funding round.Read more: IRIS Audio Technologies raises $7m to drive global growth of its AI-powered voice isolation technology

Three days of train strikes have been announced by Aslef - including on the day of the FA Cup final.Read more: New dates for industrial action announced by Aslef – including on FA Cup final date

A warning has been issued today that services such as health and education could be impacted as Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreements come to an end without proper management in place to ensure any necessary works have been completed.Read more: Public sector warned ‘clock is ticking’ on PFI and PPP contract expiry

The British High Commission in India, Energy Systems Catapult, and the Indian Institute of Science have launched a new challenge call to help UK innovation tackle some of India’s key decarbonisation challenges in transport.Read more: UK transport start-ups & SMEs invited to take low carbon innovations to next level in India