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Russian president Vladimir Putin has told Tass news journalist Andrei Vandenko that he has been offered the opportunity to use body doubles for security reasons in the past but declined to do so on each occasion.

Rishi Sunak is under pressure by some of the Conservative Party's newly elected MPs

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said that he has already noticed a slowdown in supply chains and tourism as a result of Covid-19.

The UK government has published a 30-page document outlining its strategy for trade negotiations with the EU, warning that it is willing to abandon talks and default to World Trade Organization terms if there is no tangible progress by June.

Sir Michael Barber, chair of the Office for Students, has announced plans to restructure the university admissions process.

Business leaders are being advised not to shake hands at conferences or in meetings, following fears over Covid-19.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, a group of London councils and environmental charities, have successfully won their case in a Court of Appeal preventing the Heathrow expansion.

Troubled luxury carmaker Aston Martin has announced further details of its leadership shake-up amid Lawrence Stroll’s takeover, with finance director Mark Wilson also set to leave.

The government's strategy for trade negotiations with the EU will be published on Thursday, ahead of the formal opening of talks on March 2.

The Duke of Sussex has disclosed he ought to be referred to simply as Harry following plans to drop the SussexRoyal brand earlier this month.

Disney’s chief executive, Robert A. Iger, has announced his retirement from the post in a shock announcement yesterday.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has called critics of facial recognition technology “ill-informed” and defended its use by police officers despite privacy concerns.

Institute for Fiscal Studies [IFS] director Paul Johnson has said that chancellor Rishi Sunak must raise taxes in the March 11 Budget to avoid having to change government rules on borrowing and undermining fiscal targets.

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has said that the club has made “progress” despite weathering a 12 per cent fall in revenue over the six months to December 2019.