Category: Regulators

Leisure centres scrap biometric systems to keep tabs on staff amid UK data watchdog clampdown

Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendanceDozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition...

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No compelling examples of what levelling up has delivered, watchdog finds

Public accounts committee report shows hardly any of 71 projects due to be completed this month are on trackRishi Sunak’s levelling up agenda is beset by an “absolutely astonishing” level of delay, and the...

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Ofwat’s scheme to fine poorly performing companies ‘a gimmick’

Lib Dems dismiss plan saying water fines need to go to consumers rather than to the TreasuryA new scheme to fine water companies for providing poor service to customers has been dismissed as “nothing less than a...

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Fujitsu won £1.4bn in new government contracts after court ruling on Post Office software bugs

MPs find Treasury-affiliated bodies have engaged Horizon firm since damning 2019 high court judgmentThe Japanese technology company Fujitsu, whose flawed technology for the Post Office led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds...

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Labour vows to cut financial ‘red tape’’ and ‘unashamedly champion’ UK sector

Report shows Labour move to scrap many rules and processes as party denies plan will dilute consumer protectionsMartha Lane Fox: green economy must be next UK government’s No 1 priority Labour has pledged to...

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Telegraph takeover decision put back by fresh inquiry into Barclay family’s UAE-backed deal

Regulators’ reports on public interest risk now due on 11 March after late change in consortium’s structure prompts further reviewTelegraph CEO steps downA second investigation has been launched into the Barclay...

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Modern slavery ‘a feature’ of care sector in England since Brexit

End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPsPost-Brexit restrictions on the free movement of workers from the EU have contributed to modern slavery...

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