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Closer alignment with the EU was becoming an urgent priority for many businesses, the IoD poll found.

JCB has said it will expand its US operations in response to President Trump’s tariffs – with the effect on UK jobs as yet unclear.

Children as young as 14 would be allowed to work overnight shifts under new laws being passed in the US state of Florida.

It is unlikely that Trump has any legal authority to move against the agency because the agency's funding and programmes are authorised and funded by Congress.

Ice-cream firm Ben & Jerry’s has said its chief executive, David Stever, was being removed by its parent company, Unilever, over the company’s political and social activism.

Google is to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle racial bias claims against the business, according to lawyers involved in the case.

Fewer UK-owned global companies will proclaim their commitment to DEI because of how that might impact their position in the US.

US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse last month.

Law school was asked: ‘First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?’

Half of Britons believe it would be ‘bad’ if UK companies followed US businesses in scaling back commitments on DEI, but a fifth disagree. 

US government workers have been asked to list their accomplishments for the past week or resign as part of a new efficiency drive led by Elon Musk.

This week has seen further major companies – Citigroup and KPMG – abandon their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the US.

Entries are no longer being accepted to a controversial scheme offering financial rewards for staff resignations.

Oil giant Chevron Corporation is to make up to 8,000 employees redundant by the end of 2026 in a bid to cut costs.

Goldman Sachs scraps an internal diversity rule that banned the bank from advising all-male and all-white boards on company flotations.