‘The brakes failed and they’ve crashed the car’: how the Big Four’s wheels fell off Down Under
Australian operations prove an ongoing source of scandal and embarrassment for KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte
Australian operations prove an ongoing source of scandal and embarrassment for KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte
Project to supply Asia with 1mn barrels per day is part of push to reduce over-reliance on US amid trade hostilities
Also in this newsletter: Deutsche Bank exits India retail business
From Professor Geraint Rees, UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement), London WC1, UK
From Alan Coppin, Fellow, Windsor Leadership; Former Non-Executive Director, Berkeley Group, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, UK
From Arturo Gómez, Financial and Defence Journalist, Madrid, Spain
From Natasha Chell, Senior Partner, Head of UK Practice, Laura Devine, London EC4, UK
From Mark Fairless, Chief Executive Officer, ClearBank, London EC2, UK
From Darren Tierney, Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics, London SW1, UK
From Cormac Meehan, Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland
More than 150,000 households left without power as temperatures near 40C strain utility grids
Document revealed by National Archives ahead of its anniversary on Saturday
Also in today’s newsletter, Narendra Modi and Sanae Takaichi meet, and US labour market cools
Proposed campus becomes the latest casualty of growing backlash to the facilities in the US
Agreement for defence company could be announced as soon as early next week
Hiring slows after 3-month streak of overperformance
What have we learned in the first six months of 2026?
Prime minister in waiting says he will stick by Labour’s manifesto promises on tax
Attack with 74 missiles and nearly 500 drones follows Zelenskyy’s warning that Moscow was preparing ‘massive strike’
Creditors told of investigation into Santé Cie and subsidiaries over dealings with healthcare professionals
Private equity group targets valuation of up to $12bn for purveyor of cheesesteaks and cold-cut heroes
Move by Lisa Nandy marks first exit of a major cabinet department from the platform