New Marks & Spencer chairman to be Robert Swannell

New Marks and Spencer chairman Robert Swannell Photograph: Hmv/PA Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose will step down at the end of this year to make way for Robert Swannell, the veteran investment banker and former adviser to the high street giant. Rose was due to depart by March at... 

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BP charges well partner Anadarko $1bn for its share of oil spill clean up

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig ablaze in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has begun to bill its partners Anadarko and Mitsui for their share of clean up costs. Photograph Gerald Herbert/AP Anadarko Petroleum is expected to reveal it has been billed for about bn (£631m) by BP so far for its share of the... 

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New congestion charge plans ‘will make London pollution worse’

Fumes will increase if diesels are made exempt, say campaigners. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The mayor of London’s proposed changes to the Congestion Change scheme could exacerbate the capital’s air pollution problems and stifle take-up of electric cars, campaigners said... 

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Local TV group to complain to Ofcom over BBC-Canvas joint venture

Ofcom, which has already received a complaint from Virgin about the Canvas joint venture, will now be hearing from Six TV. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Six TV, the local television group, will this week formally request a full Ofcom investigation of the BBC-backed Canvas online... 

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David Miliband attacks ‘loudmouth’ Cameron over Pakistan comments

David Miliband said there was a ‘big difference between straight-talking and being a loudmouth’. Photograph: Graeme Robertson David Cameron was today accused of being a “loudmouth” by David Miliband, the former foreign secretary and Labour leadership contender, over... 

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