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The nationals focussed heavily on the announcements from the Labour Party conference. 

The Telegraph led on how the Chancellor is preparing to rewrite Britain’s debt rules in order to unlock up to £50bn in spending. 

The Standard reported that the prime minister’s announcement of GB Energy, based in Aberdeen, had been welcomed, as ministers were urged to “accelerate” the creation of the agency.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC Today Programme, Starmer said benefit claimants should be expected to look for work after telling Labour activists on Tuesday that he’s committed to tackling “worklessness”. 

The Guardian reported that sales of instant noodles had risen by 50% at Ocado as the TikTok trend of “making them fancy” drives up popularity. 

The governor of the Bank of England has said not to expect a rapid reduction in interest rates instead saying they will continue to be brought down slowly, and are unlikely to return to the near-zero rates of the previous decade, the governor of the Bank of England has said (The Times)

Online adverts from Nike and Sky have been banned from the ASA saying their structure misleads customers. Both companies have defended the adverts (BBC News).

The watchdog said the brands had been using “dark pattern” tactics designed to lead consumers to unintentionally spend money, reported The Guardian

The ASA said both rulings were part of its wider work investigating “online choice architecture” (OCA), which has also come under scrutiny by the Competition and Markets Authority (The Standard).

The US govenrment has sued payment network Visa of antitrust violations that affect “the price of nearly everything” by threatening merchants with high fees and paying off potential rivals, according to the complaint (The Guardian). 

The Department of Justice said the moves had slowed innovation and led to significant additional fees for American consumers and businesses (BBC News)

Sir Will Adderley, deputy chairman of Dunelm, has sold shares in the retailer worth £114m with 10 million shares worth 4.9% of the company’s share capital with institutional shareholders at £11.40 each. (The Times)

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