A £100m government drive will aim to end rough sleeping in England by 2027. The new strategy, being launched by James Brokenshire, the #communities secretary, on Monday, will offer help with mental health and addictions,… Read More
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Brett Kavanaugh Urged Ken Starr Not to Indict Clinton While in Office
WASHINGTON — On Christmas Eve 1998, five days after the House impeached President Bill Clinton, Brett Kavanaugh urged his boss — Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel — not to pursue a criminal indictment of… Read More
The Roadblock to Common Sense Pension Reform
by Robert Reich 55 million Americans — about half of the entire private-sector workforce — have no employer-sponsored retirement plan at all. Many work for small businesses in the low-wage service and hospitality sectors. If… Read More
The Shadow Rulers of the VA
How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administration’s veterans policies. by Isaac Arnsdorf Last February, shortly after Peter O’Rourke became chief of staff for the Department… Read More
House of Fraser sets deadline for new funds in battle for survival
House of Fraser has admitted it needs to secure new funding by no later than 20 August as it battles for survival. Sources said the ailing department store was facing a cash squeeze that could… Read More
‘Brexit isn’t helping’ – profits dive 18% at Savills
#Savills has posted an 18% drop in half-year profits after sharp declines in commercial and residential deals, and warned that the deadlocked Brexit negotiations made it hard to make predictions for the rest of the… Read More
Rick Gates Delivers a Public Lesson on Money Laundering and Political Corruption
Tuesday was Rick Gates’s second day testifying as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Paul Manafort, his former boss, and he spent a lot of time explaining how money flowed from Ukraine,… Read More
Hope Hicks getting sucked back into Trump’s orbit – POLITICO
Hope Hicks had no intention of traveling on Air Force One when she arrived at President Donald Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club to hang out with White House friends including Jared Kushner and Ivanka… Read More