UK regulators urged to make City firms report data on ‘class ceiling’

• UK regulator behaved ‘unfairly’ over mis-selling scandal redress scheme, court told

  FCA ‘shut out’ businesses wrongly sold products designed to protect against interest rate changes, High Court hears
  
  Financial Times - 1d

• Mastercard settlement puts UK class action lawsuits on trial

  Financial backer of landmark case complains £200mn deal ‘too low’, as other large companies face wave of claims
  
  Financial Times - 3d

• Data centers proliferate nationwide, encroaching on cities, suburbs

  Abutting homes, schools an parks, the sprawling warehouses are a huge drain on local resources and major pollutant.
  
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  UK regulator approves £16.5bn combination of Vodafone and Three

  Merger is expected to create Britain’s largest mobile operator
  
  Financial Times - 6d

• UK medicines regulator needs more resources, drugmakers say

  Report by industry group finds MHRA’s ‘capacity and predictability’ is biggest factor deterring investment
  
  Financial Times - Dec. 4
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  Funding issues and ‘over-optimism’ behind UK failures on jobs data

  Statistics agency review reveals flaws that left policymakers without a reliable unemployment figure for a year
  
  Financial Times - Dec. 3

• Microsoft faces £1 billion lawsuit in UK for allegedly overcharging rival cloud firms' customers

  Microsoft was accused of unfairly overcharging customers of rival cloud companies including Amazon, Google and Alibaba Cloud in a U.K. lawsuit filed Tuesday.
  
  CNBC - Dec. 3
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  Microsoft faces £1bn class action case in UK over software prices

  It is alleged the tech giant overcharged companies for its Window Server software, used in cloud computing.
  
  BBC News - Dec. 3
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  UK regulator opens door to Shein London listing

  Financial Conduct Authority values disclosure over ‘corporate behaviour’, says Nikhil Rathi
  
  Financial Times - Dec. 3

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